Preface

摘要

This volume is the proceedings of IS-EUD 2019, the 7th International Symposium on End-User Development, held at the College Lane Campus, University of Hertfordshire, UK, during July 10-12, 2019. Software developers cannot easily anticipate idiosyncratic needs of end-users that are not always known at the time software is designed and developed, but rather emerge during the use of systems and services, as this use is embedded in practice in a specific context. End-user development is a field that aims to empower end-users who are not necessarily experts in software development, to create their own software to address their specific needs. End-user development is an interdisciplinary field that traditionally relates to areas such as human-computer interaction, psychology of programming, and empirical studies in software engineering. Technological trends like ubiquitous computing, tangible and embodied interaction, and the Internet of Things have renewed interest in end-user development for diverse audiences looking into industrial design, online communities, open innovation, and crowdsourcing.