Visual Programming

Since I wrote my thesis, a number of interesting products have come out - and two successful ones in particular are consistent with my generalizations about what works in the visual realm.

One is a product called Trellix - the compact graph representations are powerful and effective in combination with an intelligent labeling function.

This is the HTML version of  Jeffrey Nickerson's Ph.D. thesis entitled Visual Programming.

The text includes many diagrams that have been reduced in resolution to be viewable on the Web. In the paper version of the thesis, all the diagrams are at 300 dpi minimum resolution. The paper version can be ordered from University Microfilm Inc. ( UMI Dissertation Express). UMI offers an ordering service for both libraries and individuals. You will need the thesis number: #9514409.
 

• Preface
• Table of Contents (with page numbers of the paper thesis)
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: A Survey of Visual Programming, with a classification of diagram conventions
• Chapter 3: A Simple Visual Language
• Chapter 4: Visual APL
• Chapter 5: Graphs as Programs
• Chapter 6: System Design Notation
• Chapter 7: The Limits of the Visual
• Chapter 8: Conclusions
• Visual Programming Bibliography

  References to my other publications

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