Use Cases for Developers

This is basic data for creating a new UI for developers. We are considering Expert Systems and Problem Solving UIs are a starting point.

Basic Personas

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Expert

Questions

These were the considerations we were going to use for developing personas:

• Who exactly are we designing for? (beyond just developers)
• What are there motivations for using the “tool”
• What are there goals with the “tool”
• What are their fears, frustrations, and major pain points (with similar applications or systems in general)
• Where do they currently go to seek information

Things to keep in mind:

• Amount of content consumed at different stages of the application process
• Driving factors and pain points that lead to sustained product use
• Most common objections to the product (perceived barriers)

Expert System

Categories

Debugging

Testing

New Code

Performance

• Data Driven Code
• Deterministic
• Non-Deterministic

Code Orientation

• Code Reading
• Code Comprehension
• Code Discovery

Examples

nil tracing

### Backtrace idea * merge values with code * segment code * system * libraries * application