An Empirical Study of End-User Programmers in the Computer Music Community

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Burlet ◽  
Abram Hindle
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Computer Music ◽  
End User ◽  
Music Community

The Viability of the Web Browser as a Computer Music Platform

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lonce Wyse ◽  
Srikumar Subramanian
Keyword(s):  
Interface Design ◽  
Computer Music ◽  
Edge Computing ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Web Browser ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Music Community ◽  
The Web ◽  
Critical Aspects

The computer music community has historically pushed the boundaries of technologies for music-making, using and developing cutting-edge computing, communication, and interfaces in a wide variety of creative practices to meet exacting standards of quality. Several separate systems and protocols have been developed to serve this community, such as Max/MSP and Pd for synthesis and teaching, JackTrip for networked audio, MIDI/OSC for communication, as well as Max/MSP and TouchOSC for interface design, to name a few. With the still-nascent Web Audio API standard and related technologies, we are now, more than ever, seeing an increase in these capabilities and their integration in a single ubiquitous platform: the Web browser. In this article, we examine the suitability of the Web browser as a computer music platform in critical aspects of audio synthesis, timing, I/O, and communication. We focus on the new Web Audio API and situate it in the context of associated technologies to understand how well they together can be expected to meet the musical, computational, and development needs of the computer music community. We identify timing and extensibility as two key areas that still need work in order to meet those needs.

scholarly journals How can non-technical end users effectively test their spreadsheets?

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pak-Lok Poon ◽  
Fei-Ching Kuo ◽  
Huai Liu ◽  
Tsong Yueh Chen
Keyword(s):  
Fault Detection ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Real World ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
End User ◽  
General Technique ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Metamorphic Testing ◽  
Testing Techniques ◽  
The Common

Purpose – An alarming number of spreadsheet faults have been reported in the literature, indicating that effective and easy-to-apply spreadsheet testing techniques are not available for “non-technical,” end-user programmers. The purpose of this paper is to alleviate the problem by introducing a metamorphic testing (MT) technique for spreadsheets. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discussed four common challenges encountered by end-user programmers when testing a spreadsheet. The MT technique was then discussed and how it could be used to solve the common challenges was explained. An experiment involving several “real-world” spreadsheets was performed to determine the viability and effectiveness of MT. Findings – The experiment confirmed that MT is highly effective in spreadsheet fault detection, and yet MT is a general technique that can be easily used by end-user programmers to test a large variety of spreadsheet applications. Originality/value – The paper provides a detailed discussion of some common challenges of spreadsheet testing encountered by end-user programmers. To the best of the authors knowledge, the paper is the first that includes an empirical study of how effective MT is in spreadsheet fault detection from an end-user programmer's perspective.

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