Teaching C++: experience at Victoria University of Wellington

Author

Biddle, R.L. ; Tempero, E.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Victoria Univ., Wellington, New Zealand

fYear

1994

fDate

22-25 Nov 1994

Firstpage

274

Lastpage

281

Abstract

In 1992 we introduced C++ as one of the major programming languages used in our teaching at the Computer Science Department at Victoria University of Wellington. We now have three years worth of experience of teaching C++ in both university and professional courses, and the paper is a review of the decisions we have made and the experience toe have gained. The paper has three goals. The first is to examine our curriculum design, specifically the choice of programming languages used in our computer science degree programme. We discuss the factors that influenced our choice. The second goal is to present our approach to teaching object-oriented programming in general and C++ in particular. Finally, we discuss our experience associated with teaching C++, in particular focusing on the advantages and disadvantages of the language

Keywords

C language; computer science education; educational courses; object-oriented languages; object-oriented programming; reviews; teaching; C++ teaching; Computer Science Department; Wellington Victoria University; computer science degree programme; curriculum design; decisions; major programming languages; object-oriented programming teaching; professional courses; programming language choice; review; university courses; Assembly; Computer languages; Computer science; Education; Object oriented programming; Operating systems; Programming profession; Seminars; Software engineering; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Education Conference, 1994. Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Dunedin

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5870-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SEDC.1994.475348

Filename

475348