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Project Description

The Visual Obliq programming environment environment consists of an interactive application builder, and a runtime system for distribution. The application builder is an integrated tool that allows distributed applications to be designed, programmed (in the language Obliq), and executed from within it. The runtime system is responsible for connecting new users to sessions, and transmitting code to their site when they join. Recently we added support for embedding Visual Obliq applications in the WWW, and for the dynamic migration of applications to new sites.

Most of the work was done while Krishna Bharat was a research intern at Digital, Systems Research Center, during the summers of '93 and '94.

Documentation

Visual Obliq

Krishna Bharat and Marc H. Brown, " Building Distributed Multi-User Applications By Direct Manipulation", Proc. ACM Symposium on User Interfaces Software and Technology, Marina Del Rey, CA, Nov 1994, pp. 71-82.

Visual Obliq (Video)

Krishna Bharat and Marc H. Brown, " Building A Distributed Application Using Visual Obliq", To appear in CHI `95, Video Proceedings.

The Obliq Programming Language

Luca Cardelli, " A Language with Distributed Scope", Proc. of the 22nd Annual ACM Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages, Jan 1995, pp. 286-297.

Embedding Visual Obliq Applications in WWW

Krishna Bharat and Luca Cardelli, " Distributed Applications in a Hypermedia Setting", To appear in Proc. of the International Workshop on Hypermedia Design, Montpellier, June 1995.

Migratory Interactive Applications in Visual Obliq

Krishna Bharat and Luca Cardelli, " Migratory Applications" (postscript), To Appear in Proc. ACM Symposium on User Interfaces Software and Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 1995.

Availability

Members

Marc H. Brown, Digital, Systems Research Center

Luca Cardelli, Digital, Systems Research Center

Krishna Bharat, Graphics, Visualization and Usability Lab, Georgia Tech

Copyright © 1995 Krishna Bharat - All rights reserved.