e-Science Application Development: Analyst and User Perspectives

Potential users of e-science software often have strong technical skills, ranging from the use of scripting languages to the development of substantial pieces of software used by other members of their communities. In this paper we reflect on the experience of designing and developing software with a technically expert end user, and consider how the software development process might be structured to take advantage of the expertise of such users.

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