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API peer reviews: a method for evaluating usability of application programming interfaces

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API peer reviews: a method for evaluating usability of application programming interfaces
API usability tests in the lab are time and resource intensive, thus allowing a relatively small percentage of the API namespace to be evaluated. We describe a group-based usability inspection method – API Peer Reviews – to evaluate API usability. Based on an analysis of usability breakdowns from API Peer Reviews and API usability tests, results show that API Peer Reviews identified breakdowns across several cognitive dimensions, some of which were different than what was identified by API usability tests. We reflect on the adoption of API Peer Reviews as a collaborative practice in organizations for evaluating API usability. Author Keywords API usability, cognitive dimensions, usability inspection. ACM Classification Keywords H.5.3 Group and Organization Interfaces: Evaluation/methodology. General Term Human Factors
Umer Farooq, Dieter Zirkler
Added 17 Mar 2010
Updated 17 Mar 2010
Type Conference
Year 2010
Where CSCW
Authors Umer Farooq, Dieter Zirkler
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