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Title of Listing: | | AIDE |
Category: | | Software/Models |
Subcategory: | | Government, All Listings |
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Web Site: | | http://water.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/man_wrdapp?aide |
Email: | | h2osoft@usgs.gov |
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AIDE provides a consistent methodology for building interactive interfaces for environmental software. The AIDE package is based on a re-evaluation of currently available tools and ideas for constructing a character-based user interface. Accordingly, the library draws on a expanding body of knowledge of the human factors involved in effective design of man-machine interfaces. By providing a straightforward but powerful set of tools and a detailed consideration of the best way to use these tools, the AIDE software and manual greatly reduce the difficulty a programmer will encounter in developing an interactive user interface.
The AIDE package can be utilized to build a user interface for virtually any type of computer program or computer-stored data base. Potential applications range from generating input files from user- supplied data for already existing scientific or environmental models to allowing user access to data bases for the purpose of searching, analyzing, or displaying data values. AIDE provides applications programmers with the tools needed to build and store a convenient user interface whenever and wherever there is a need to perform one or more of the following operations:
o display text
o prompt the user to select a menu option
o prompt the user to input or edit displayed values
o open a file to store or retrieve text and other information
The advantages gained by using AIDE for interface development center on four concepts: modularity, consistency, portability, and ease of application. The system utilizes a library of routines to perform the basic communications functions between the user and the program. Repeated use of these subroutines allows the programmer to focus attention on designing an effective sequence of interactions while minimizing the effort needed to program the more mechanical aspects of the interface. At the same time, the repeated use of modular routines decreases the likelihood of introducing programming errors.
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Free Download, Interface, Environmental Software
Organization: | | US Geological Survey (USGS), Hydrologic Analysis Software Support Team |
Address: | | 437 National Center
| Phone: | Description | Number |
City: | | Reston | | | |
State/Province/Territory: | | VA | 2. | | |
Zip/Postal Code: | | 20192 | 3. | | |
Country: | | United States | 4. | Fax: | |
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