Using SWISH to Realize Interactive Web-based Tutorials for Logic-based Languages

Programming environments have evolved from purely text based to using graphical user interfaces, and now we see a move toward web-based interfaces, such as Jupyter. Web-based interfaces allow for the creation of interactive documents that consist of text and programs, as well as their output. The ou...

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Published in:Theory and practice of logic programming Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 229 - 261
Main Authors: WIELEMAKER, JAN, RIGUZZI, FABRIZIO, KOWALSKI, ROBERT A., LAGER, TORBJÖRN, SADRI, FARIBA, CALEJO, MIGUEL
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.03.2019
Subjects:
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Applications programs
Computer Science
Data analysis
Graphical user interface
Human Computer Interaction
ijcai
inference
Logic programming
logic programming system
Människa-datorinteraktion (interaktionsdesign)
notebook interface
Original Article
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Programming environments
programs
Prolog
raedt l
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Servers
Software reviews
Special Issue on User-Oriented Logic Programming and Reasoning Paradigms
web
Websites
Prolog
notebook interface
web
logic programming system
ISSN:1471-0684, 1475-3081
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Summary:Programming environments have evolved from purely text based to using graphical user interfaces, and now we see a move toward web-based interfaces, such as Jupyter. Web-based interfaces allow for the creation of interactive documents that consist of text and programs, as well as their output. The output can be rendered using web technology as, for example, text, tables, charts, or graphs. This approach is particularly suitable for capturing data analysis workflows and creating interactive educational material. This article describes SWISH, a web front-end for Prolog that consists of a web server implemented in SWI-Prolog and a client web application written in JavaScript. SWISH provides a web server where multiple users can manipulate and run the same material, and it can be adapted to support Prolog extensions. In this article we describe the architecture of SWISH, and describe two case studies of extensions of Prolog, namely Probabilistic Logic Programming and Logic Production System, which have used SWISH to provide tutorial sites.
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ISSN:1471-0684
1475-3081
DOI:10.1017/S1471068418000522