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    GUIs for research software: Why are they relevant? (part one)

    16 June 2021

    … but it was the appearance of graphical user interfaces (GUI) in the 1980s that made computers accessible to everyone. A GUI helps to reduce the learning curve for using software, … increase citations and impact. Moreover, a well-designed GUI can perform validation and increase the robustness and …

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    GUIs for research software: Why are they relevant? (part two)

    17 June 2021

    … Summary of pros and cons of adding a GUI to research software By  Diego Alonso … first part here . The dark side of implementing a GUI Not all is plain sailing when creating a GUI. There are also plenty of drawbacks that, in the end, …

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    Automated GUI testing with AutoHotKey

    02 February 2015

    Automated GUI testing with AutoHotKey Posted by … , I was asked about open source tools to automatically test GUI-based applications on Windows. By coincidence, … desktop automation" tool. Freeware and open source GUI test tools Wikipedia lists a number of open …

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    Upcoming workshops on graphical user interfaces for research software

    14 April 2021

    … is open for a  Workshop on Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) for Research Software , running from 27 - 29 April. … developers lose their reluctance to invest time creating a GUI for their research software. There is also a second … fear - or reluctance - to invest time creating them. A GUI helps to reduce the learning curve for using software, …

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    CW14 Discussion sesssion 3

    15 April 2014

    … How do we publish research in a reproducible manner when GUI tools are used? What are the five most important … users and therefore educating users on which GUI tools are more reproducible than others Develop tools that can analyse and visualize log files from GUI programs What are the problems, and are there …

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    The Software Sustainability Institute's Collaborations Workshop 2017

    18 May 2017

    … the software is essentially a graphical user interface (GUI) for people who don't like GUI's. The idea is to write a simple reader in object … flexibility of Python and the ease-of-use advantages of a GUI. Meeting other research software engineers really helps …

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    CW15 Lightning Talks

    05 January 2024

    … Chemistry Science Gateway ' by Mikhail Kabeshov  ' GUI or code? Don't make me choose ' by Alys Brett …

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    Species distribution modellers who don’t code, want to code!

    16 January 2017

    … papers suggests that many scientists are still using GUI software rather than using a coding approach that … a large number of respondents that stated a preference for GUI software, only a small minority stated that their GUI software did all that they needed, and nearly half of …

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    Enabling Reproducible Archaeology

    15 November 2021

    … with steps starting at documenting what you’re doing in a GUI tool via coding, to version control and … geospatial information”. It is primarily used through its GUI but it can also be controlled via python and C++ APIs. Michelle tends to use the GUI for producing analyses, and wanted to know the best way …

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    Distance

    06 October 2023

    … a suite of packages for R. The Windows version provides a GUI. Distance is hosted on GitHub with a … resides within the mind of one individual. Distance's GUI is written in Visual Basic 6. Bundling this with R is a … various open source alternatives and restricting the GUI to support a simple subset of Distance's features. …

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