A Malay Language-Based Visual Programming Environment for Personal Digital Assistant

The research in the field of Visual Programming Language (VPL) is becoming more popular with the increase of computer speed and the graphics capabilities in recent years. A VPL programmer creates a program by connecting a picture or icon that will produce a directed graph, which will show the flow o...

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Main Author:	Anuar, Sazly
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2007
Subjects:	Visual programming languages (Computer science). Malay language.
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/452/1/600284_fsktm_2007_3_abstrak_je__dh_pdf_.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.4522013-05-27T06:48:27Z A Malay Language-Based Visual Programming Environment for Personal Digital Assistant 2007-07 Anuar, Sazly The research in the field of Visual Programming Language (VPL) is becoming more popular with the increase of computer speed and the graphics capabilities in recent years. A VPL programmer creates a program by connecting a picture or icon that will produce a directed graph, which will show the flow of the program in Visual Programming Environment (VPE). Since the number of today programmers as well as Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) users is rapidly increasing, it seems natural to create a VPE for the PDA. However, most of the programming environments developed for programming directly on PDA are classical textual programming. Another issue in VPE research is lack of concern on graph visualization. Most of the time, the graph layout is disorganized, hence causes difficulties for the user to understand the flow of the graph or program. Moreover, the small screen size of PDA has also becoming one of the main constraint factors. This research proposes the first Malay language-based VPE on PDA. The syntax and the semantics of visual environment are grammatically designed based on the visual programming. Graph grammar approach is used to describe the syntax for each component. Optimizing the graph layout is another main concern in this research. The hierarchical layout technique is used to optimize the graph produced, so that it can suit on limited size of the PDA screen. It is used because it has proved as the best way in arranging nodes and edges of a graph that will show the flow of the program. Two experiments were carried out in this research. First is the testing on MaVi Environment, which is done to prove that it can be executed on PDA and produces expected output. Second is the graph layout aesthetics testing, which is done to prove that the optimization of graph layout makes it more organized compared to the original graph layout. Both testing yield promising result and thus prove the objectives of the research have been achieved. Visual programming languages (Computer science). Malay language. 2007-07 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/452/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/452/1/600284_fsktm_2007_3_abstrak_je__dh_pdf_.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Visual programming languages (Computer science). Malay language. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology English
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language	English English
topic	Visual programming languages (Computer science). Malay language.
spellingShingle	Visual programming languages (Computer science). Malay language. Anuar, Sazly A Malay Language-Based Visual Programming Environment for Personal Digital Assistant
description	The research in the field of Visual Programming Language (VPL) is becoming more popular with the increase of computer speed and the graphics capabilities in recent years. A VPL programmer creates a program by connecting a picture or icon that will produce a directed graph, which will show the flow of the program in Visual Programming Environment (VPE). Since the number of today programmers as well as Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) users is rapidly increasing, it seems natural to create a VPE for the PDA. However, most of the programming environments developed for programming directly on PDA are classical textual programming. Another issue in VPE research is lack of concern on graph visualization. Most of the time, the graph layout is disorganized, hence causes difficulties for the user to understand the flow of the graph or program. Moreover, the small screen size of PDA has also becoming one of the main constraint factors. This research proposes the first Malay language-based VPE on PDA. The syntax and the semantics of visual environment are grammatically designed based on the visual programming. Graph grammar approach is used to describe the syntax for each component. Optimizing the graph layout is another main concern in this research. The hierarchical layout technique is used to optimize the graph produced, so that it can suit on limited size of the PDA screen. It is used because it has proved as the best way in arranging nodes and edges of a graph that will show the flow of the program. Two experiments were carried out in this research. First is the testing on MaVi Environment, which is done to prove that it can be executed on PDA and produces expected output. Second is the graph layout aesthetics testing, which is done to prove that the optimization of graph layout makes it more organized compared to the original graph layout. Both testing yield promising result and thus prove the objectives of the research have been achieved.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Anuar, Sazly
author_facet	Anuar, Sazly
author_sort	Anuar, Sazly
title	A Malay Language-Based Visual Programming Environment for Personal Digital Assistant
title_short	A Malay Language-Based Visual Programming Environment for Personal Digital Assistant
title_full	A Malay Language-Based Visual Programming Environment for Personal Digital Assistant
title_fullStr	A Malay Language-Based Visual Programming Environment for Personal Digital Assistant
title_full_unstemmed	A Malay Language-Based Visual Programming Environment for Personal Digital Assistant
title_sort	malay language-based visual programming environment for personal digital assistant
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
publishDate	2007
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/452/1/600284_fsktm_2007_3_abstrak_je__dh_pdf_.pdf
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