Improving the Usability of the Thonny Integrated Development Environment
Name
Taavi Ilp
Abstract
The thesis contains a description of a software development project that was launched to improve the usability of Thonny, an integrated Python development environment designed for novice programmers. First, the concept of usability of beginners’ IDE is examined based on a literature study. The main findings of an expert analysis of the usability of Thonny are then presented. The thesis gives a detailed overview of the new features and improvements that were implemented and integrated with Thonny based on the results of the analysis. In addition, a number of ideas for future Thonny features and implementation changes are listed.
Graduation Thesis language
English
Graduation Thesis type
Bachelor - Information Technology
Supervisor(s)
Aivar Annamaa
Defence year
2015