[ont.events] ICR Oct 7 Dr Magnusson The Mjolner Environment: Direct Interaction..

cfry@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (C.Fry - Inst. Computer Research) (09/29/88)

                              The Mjolner Environment:

                         Direct Interaction with Abstraction

          by

          Dr. Boris Magnusson

          of

          Lund Institute of Technology
          Lund Sweden

          Abstract

          This talk discusses the user interface to programs and their exe-
          cution  in  the Mjolner Programming Environment.  The key idea is
          to present the programming language abstractions, such as classes
          and procedures, as individual windows which the user can interact
          with directly.  This approach is used consistently  to  visualize
          both  a  program  and  it  execution.   The  windows are arranged
          hierarchically reflecting the static nesting of blocks.  The win-
          dow  hierarchy gives powerful support for interaction and naviga-
          tion in a program.  Incremental compilation techniques  are  used
          to make a high level of interaction and integration possible.

          DATE:     Friday, October 7, 1988

          TIME:     3:00 p.m.

          PLACE:    University of Waterloo, Davis Centre, Room 1302

          Everyone is welcome.  Refreshments served.