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'''End user development''' (EUD) is a research topic within the field of [[computer science]]. It is concerned with the question of how to enable a user of a certain software to extend and adapt it to its needs. AEnd typicalUser exampleDevelopment ofis EUDa isset of activities macroor programmingtechniques inthat anallow [[officepeople, suite]].

who are non-professional developers to create or modify a software arte-fact. A typical example of EUD is macro programming in an [[office suite]]. End User Development is not limited to programming. Examples of End-User Development include the creation and modification of:

* web pages - plain HTML or HTML and scripting

* [[Wiki|Wikis]] - a collaborative End-User Development process

* [[spreadsheets]]

* 3D models created with end-user oriented tools and approaches such as [[Sketchup]] and [[inflatable_icos|Inflatable Icons]]

== See also ==

* [[End-user_computing|End user computing]]

* [[AgentSheets]] - an end-user development tool to create interactive simulations and educational games

== External links ==

* [http://www.springer.com/west/home/generic/search/results?SGWID=4-40109-22-85672321-0&referer=www.springeronline.com&SHORTCUT=www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,4-40109-22-85672321-0,00.html The End-User Development book]

* [http://giove.cnuce.cnr.it/eud-net.htm The European Commission Network of Excellence on End-User Development]

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