On the Design of a Tool for Supporting the Construction of Logic Programs

TL;DR

This paper introduces a tool based on a variant of the Deville methodology to support the systematic construction of logic programs, aiming to enhance learning and future tool development.

Contribution

It presents a novel tool design that supports logic program development, extending the Deville methodology for educational and practical use.

Findings

Supports well-defined construction methods

Facilitates learning of logic programming

Provides a foundation for advanced development tools

Abstract

Environments for systematic construction of logic programs are needed in the academy as well as in the industry. Such environments should support well defined construction methods and should be able to be extended and interact with other programming tools like debuggers and compilers. We present a variant of the Deville methodology for logic program development, and the design of a tool for supporting the methodology. Our aim is to facilitate the learning of logic programming and to set the basis of more sophisticated tools for program development.