Useful & Usable Software Tools
U&U software tools have the following characteristics:
- Powerful
- Comfortable
- Convenient
- Natural
- Reliable
- Robust
Most software development tools are not, but these are:
- Compilers
- Editors
- Loaders
- All have been polished, refined, debugged through long-term use
- All have been made comfortable, effective through extended periods of exposure and maintenance
- Work styles and methodologies have been molded by such tools