End-user development, end-user programming and end-user software engineering: A systematic mapping study

•End-user oriented approaches for artifact creation and modification are considered.•A systematic mapping study in the fields of EUD, EUP and EUSE is presented.•Trends and gaps emerged from the study are discussed. End-User Development (EUD), End-Programming (EUP) and End-User Software Engineering (...

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Published in:The Journal of systems and software Vol. 149; pp. 101 - 137
Main Authors: Barricelli, Barbara Rita, Cassano, Fabio, Fogli, Daniela, Piccinno, Antonio
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Inc 01.03.2019
Subjects:
End-user development
End-user programming
End-user software engineering
Systematic mapping study
End-user software engineering
End-user programming
Systematic mapping study
End-user development
ISSN:0164-1212, 1873-1228
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Summary:•End-user oriented approaches for artifact creation and modification are considered.•A systematic mapping study in the fields of EUD, EUP and EUSE is presented.•Trends and gaps emerged from the study are discussed. End-User Development (EUD), End-Programming (EUP) and End-User Software Engineering (EUSE) are three related research fields that study methods and techniques for empowering end users to modify and create digital artifacts. This paper presents a systematic mapping study aimed at identifying and classifying scientific literature about EUD, EUP and EUSE in the time range January 2000–May 2017. We selected 165 papers found through a manual selection of papers from specific conferences, journal special issues, and books, integrated with an automatic search on the most important digital libraries. The answer to our research question was built through a classification of the selected papers on seven dimensions: type of approach, interaction technique, phase in which the approach is adopted, application domain, target use, class of users, and type of evaluation. Our findings suggest that EUD, EUP and EUSE are active research topics not only in Human–Computer Interaction, but also in other research communities. However, little cross-fertilization exists among the three themes, as well as unifying frameworks and approaches for guiding novice designers and practitioners. Other findings highlight trends and gaps related to the analysis’ dimensions, which have implications on the design of future tools and suggest open issues for further investigations.
ISSN:0164-1212
1873-1228
DOI:10.1016/j.jss.2018.11.041