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Programming as if people mattered : friendly programs, software engineering, and other noble delusions

Title
Programming as if people mattered : friendly programs, software engineering, and other noble delusions / Nathaniel S. Borenstein.
Author
Borenstein, Nathaniel S.
Publication
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1991.

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Description
xiv, 186 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Through a set of lively anecdotes and essays, Nathaniel Borenstein traces the divergence between the fields of software engineering and user-centered software design, and attempts to reconcile the needs of people in both camps.
Subject
  • Software engineering
  • User interfaces (Computer systems)
  • User-Computer Interface
  • Software Engineering
  • Gebruikersinterfaces
  • Programmatuurtechniek
  • Interfaces (informatique)
  • Génie logiciel
  • Interaction homme-ordinateur
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The journey to the East: can software engineers build user interfaces? -- The dark night of the soul: the state of the art in user-interface design -- The ten commandments: principles for user-interface design -- The golden path: the road to human-oriented software engineering.
ISBN
  • 0691087520
  • 9780691087528
  • 0691037639
  • 9780691037639
LCCN
91019969
OCLC
  • ocm23942035
  • 23942035
  • SCSB-1925278
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library