Introduction to the Serpent User Interface Management System
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Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-88-TR-005DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6574868.v1Abstract
Serpent is an example of the class of systems known as a User Interface Management System. It uses the X Window System to interact with the end user, and is useful both as a portion of a production system and as a separate prototyping tool. Serpent supports the development and execution of the user interface of a system. It provides an editor with which to specify the user interface and a runtime system that communicates with the application to get the data to display. The system then uses the specification previously output from the editor to decide how to display that data. This report provides a technical overview of Serpent, its components, the module used in specifying the user interface, and the editor used in constructing the user interface.
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Bass, L., Hardy, E., Hoyt, K., Little, R., & Seacord, R. (1988, March 1). Introduction to the Serpent User Interface Management System. (Technical Report CMU/SEI-88-TR-005). Retrieved April 20, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6574868.v1.
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howpublished={Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library},
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Bass, Len, Erik Hardy, Kurt Hoyt, Reed Little, and Robert Seacord. "Introduction to the Serpent User Interface Management System." (CMU/SEI-88-TR-005). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, March 1, 1988. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6574868.v1.
L. Bass, E. Hardy, K. Hoyt, R. Little, and R. Seacord, "Introduction to the Serpent User Interface Management System," Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, Technical Report CMU/SEI-88-TR-005, 1-Mar-1988 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6574868.v1. [Accessed: 20-Apr-2024].
Bass, Len, Erik Hardy, Kurt Hoyt, Reed Little, and Robert Seacord. "Introduction to the Serpent User Interface Management System." (Technical Report CMU/SEI-88-TR-005). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Mar. 1988. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6574868.v1. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
Bass, Len; Hardy, Erik; Hoyt, Kurt; Little, Reed; & Seacord, Robert. Introduction to the Serpent User Interface Management System. CMU/SEI-88-TR-005. Software Engineering Institute. 1988. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6574868.v1