Education in Programming David Gries Dr. rer ... - Cornell University
Education in Programming David Gries Dr. rer ... - Cornell University
Education in Programming David Gries Dr. rer ... - Cornell University
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Teach<strong>in</strong>g programm<strong>in</strong>g to beg<strong>in</strong>ners, us<strong>in</strong>g Java<br />
Intellectual honesty. Do not teach C or C++ to beg<strong>in</strong>ners, for these<br />
languages lack the simplicity and elegance required. In fact, these<br />
languages get <strong>in</strong> the way of programm<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Issue: teach structure/organization (OO) first? Or algorithmic aspects?<br />
Pr<strong>in</strong>cipal: Def<strong>in</strong>e th<strong>in</strong>gs before you use them.<br />
S<strong>in</strong>ce almost every l<strong>in</strong>e of a Java program has to deal with an object or<br />
class, we are forced to teach OO ideas first.<br />
Use a programm<strong>in</strong>g environment that does not require a method ma<strong>in</strong><br />
—that is, a complete Java application.<br />
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