graphical models for programming, using graphs, icons or other graphical representaions of processes.

thingLab

• constraint based visual programming or extensible modelling system? http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~wolfgang/NewHome/cosc414/projects/thinglabFolder/html/thinglab.html

lanaguages derived from pd (pure data) by miller puckette

• pd → http://pure-data.org (see also gem/gridflow/etc)
• max → http://www.cycling74.com (now with jitter!)
• jmax → ircam

OpenMusic

• visual music programming in lisp http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/repmus/OpenMusic/
• on linux http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/repmus/omlinux/

petri-nets → http://www.daimi.au.dk/PetriNets/

graph rewriting →

• progress; programming using graph rewriting (related: GraphDrawing) http://www-i3.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/research/projects/progres/
• HOPS graphically interactive program development and program transformation system based on acyclic term graphs.
• http://ist.unibw-muenchen.de/kahl/HOPS/ or
• http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/~kahl/HOPS/ or http://www2-data.informatik.unibw-muenchen.de/kahl/HOPS/

• bibliographies(research focused) →
  • http://www.cs.orst.edu/~burnett/vpl.html
  • http://cui.unige.ch/eao/www/Visual/Visual.Programming.biblio.html
  • http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/~plyons/711_html/VPL%20papers.html
• fabrik http://users.ipa.net/~dwighth/smalltalk/Fabrik/Fabrik.html
• “Programming in Three Dimensions” http://research.compaq.com/SRC/personal/najork/thesis/
• “A metatool for visual language development” http://www.rddvs.com/thesis/
• http://www.computer.org/conferences/vl95/html-papers/citrin/citrin.html
• papers from 'performing grapics“ http://www.pgc.com/pgc/home-stuff/papers-list.html
• Tinkertoy, by Edel, M
• the journal of visual languages and computing
  • http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/journals/vlc/

• using 'cognitive dimesions' http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/77679.html
• and further … http://www.thomas-green.ndtilda.co.uk/workStuff/res-proglangs.html

• http://cui.unige.ch/Visual/#Research
• http://www-lsi.upc.es/~rbaeza/cursos/vp/todo.html
• news://comp.lang.visual faq http://www.faqs.org/faqs/visual-lang/faq/

ARK and VIPR follow up references Burnett, M. M. and Baker, M. J. “A classification system for visual programming languages.” J. Visual Languages and Computing, pp. 287-300, September 1994. http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/burnett94classification.html “Visual Programming Languages: A Survey” http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~maratb/cs263/paper/paper.html and http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/boshernitsan97visual.html

max/msp/pd/jmax obviously,. ircam has been quite influential in devlopeing enviroments aorund the “patch and wires” metaphor, with serveral approaches being taken over the years (including OpenMusic above) ., . papers

• “Visual Programming in Music” by G�rard Assayag http://catalogue.ircam.fr/articles/textes/Assayag95/
• “An Object Oriented Visual Environment for Musical Composition” by Assayag, Agon, Fineberg et Hanappe. (describing OpenMusic) http://catalogue.ircam.fr/articles/textes/Assayag97a/
• “Open Music + Music Space = Open Space” http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/repmus/RMPapers/openspace/

• tutorials http://www.tc.cornell.edu/services/edu/topics/topics.asp?section=opendx
• http://www.opendx.org
• http://www.research.ibm.com/people/l/lloydt/
• http://www.opendx.org/SuperviseState/SuperviseState.html
• related: InfoViz

from (Nan C. Shu)

• Visual programming
  • visual environment
    • visualisation of…
      • data, or info. about data
      • program and/or its execution
      • software design
    • visual training
• visual langugages for…
  • handling visual information
  • supporting visual interaction
  • programming with visual expresions
    • visual programming languages
      • diagrammatic systems
      • iconic systems
      • form systems

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