Watch What I Do: Programming by Demonstration

by Allen Cypher

Until recently most programming power has been in the hands of the professional programmer rather than the end user. Programming by Demonstration is a method that allows end users to create, customize, and extend programs by demonstrating what the program should do. Programming by Demonstration systems have existed since 1975, yet this is the first time that information on all of the best of these systems has been gathered in one place. The first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262032139
• ISBN13: 9780262032131
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 8.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Good, but also available free

This book is available free on the Web at http://www.acypher.com/wwid/. However, I came looking for the print version because many of the graphics in the chapters are PostScript and didn't convert correctly when published to the Web. This is a great book that covers a lot of programming by demonstration systems. The end of the book also includes some perspectives and thoughts on future developments. This is an important book to read if you want to get into the field of programming by demonstration, and should be followed by its sequel, Your Wish Is My Command.