In this paper, we present the design and the evaluation of an authoring tool for End-User Development, which supports the definition of Trigger-Actions rules that combines events and states in the triggers. The possibility of using either states or events in triggers has already been discussed in the literature. However, it is recognized that the state/event distinction is difficult to manage for users. In this paper, we propose an authoring tool that provides explicit support for managing this distinction. We compare it with a state-of-the-art authoring tool that implements the classical event-event paradigm.
翻译:在本文中,我们介绍最终用户发展的作者工具的设计和评价,该工具支持将事件与触发状态相结合的触发行动规则的定义;文献中已经讨论了利用状态或事件触发的可能性;然而,人们认识到,用户很难区分国家/事件;在本文中,我们提出一个为管理这一区别提供明确支持的作者工具;我们将它与执行典型事件/事件范例的最先进的作者工具进行比较。