Year: 2013
Type: preprint
Abstract: TouchDevelop is a new programming environment that allows users to create applications on mobile devices. Applications created with TouchDevelop have continued to grow in popularity since TouchDevelop was first released to public in 2011. This paper presents a field study of 31,699 applications, focusing on different characteristics between 539 game scripts and all other non-game applications, as well as what make some game applications more popular than others to users. The study provides a list of findings on characteristics of game scripts and also implications for improving end-user programming of game applications.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Anderson, Eric, Li, Sihan, Xie, Tao
Language: English
Subfield: Software
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G362285260, EAGER: Improving Robustness of Numerical Software, Differential Analysis on Changes in Medical Device Software, TWC: Small: Collaborative: Similary-Based Program Analyses for Eliminating Vulnerabilities, CAREER: Cooperative Developer Testing with Test Intentions, SHF: Small: Collaborative Research: Constraint-Based Generation of Database States for Testing Database Applications, Collaborative Research: II-EN: Infrastructure Support for Software Testing Research
OpenAlex ID: W1507130366