Visual Programming

COM 734.3

Roshan Kr. Shah

Roshanm_shah@yahoo.com
Mobile No. 9816766984
 Prerequisite Knowledge

•Working Knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming

(no particular language)

•Basic Concepts of GUI Programming

( Event-driven Programming, Container Hierarchies, etc.)
Visual Basic is not a VPL!

Private Sub TimerMove ()

Static X As Long, Y As Long
X=X+1
Y=Y+1
'Keep the ball of the edge
If (X > Me.ScaleWidth) Then
X=0
End If
If (Y > Me.ScaleHeight) Then
Y=0
End If
…
End Sub
 Visual Computing

Visual
Programming
Computer
Graphics

Algorithm
Animation

Scientific
Visualization

User Interfaces
End User Languages
 Definition of Visual Programming
Visual Programming Languages :
Languages that use visual notations or
“Diagrams” for
expressing programming constructs,
e.g. Dataflow, Control flow, Abstraction etc.

Subfields:
End User Programming
Domain Specific Programming
Universal Programming Languages (*)
 Related Areas

•Graphical User Interfaces

•Computer Graphics

•Information Visualization / Scientific Visualization

•End User Languages (Databases etc.)

•Special Purpose Languages (e.g. UML)

•Algorithm Animation

•Visual IDEs: Visual Basic, Delphi etc.

 Toontalk

Literature at http://www.toontalk.com
 Course Outline

•Unit 1: The Goals

•Unit 2: The Form
•Unit 3: Software Behaviour
•Unit 4: User Computer Interaction
•Unit 5: The cast
•Unit 6 : The Gizmo
 Recommended Literature
The text book for our subject is :

Alan Cooper, The Essential of User Interface Design,

Comdex Computer Publishing

Other literature (research papers) will be referenced throughout the subject

and are generally available on the web.