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This dissertation was written as part of the MSc in E-Business and Digital Marketing at the International Hellenic University. With the use of mouse tracking technology, we investigated user behavior when engaging with web creation platform, just like WordPress, which belong to the same group of EUD systems. This research may give a fuller picture of user behavior when faced with high cognitive demands, such as decision-making and task development. We look at the possibility of a link between mouse behavioral patterns and a collection of End-User Development (EUD) behavioral traits in this exploratory study. We undertake two tests with 19 end-users engaging with a web based EUD tool for the creation of basic web sites, which is the WordPress platform. Participants filled out two questionnaires on the behavioral characteristics we wanted to look at, and then we compared the results to the metrics produced from mouse tracking. During the development phase, we discovered some strong connections between end-user behavioral variables (Ease of use, self-efficacy, willingness to learn, and risk perception) and mouse measurements. More specifically, self-efficacy can be correlated with metrics like total movements, average speed, and variance moves time since. The findings of this study point to a new research avenue worth exploring and may encourage the EUD research community to dig further into end-user mouse behavior in today's web based EUD systems.