DocumentCode
318435
Title
Not whether Java but how Java
Author
Wallace, Chris ; Martin, Peter
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput., Univ. of West of England, UK
fYear
1997
fDate
2-5 Dec 1997
Firstpage
517
Lastpage
518
Abstract
This paper examines some of the factors governing the choice of first programming language for first year University courses in Computing, the rationale behind our University´s choice of Java, the ramifications of this choice and experience gained from a pilot trial use of Java in a second year object-oriented specialism
Keywords
computer science education; educational courses; object-oriented languages; object-oriented programming; Java; University courses; computer science education; object oriented language; object-oriented programming; pilot trial; programming language selection; Availability; Computer languages; Computer science; Cultural differences; Education; Electronic mail; Hardware; Java; Problem-solving; Programming profession;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Software Engineering Conference, 1997. Asia Pacific ... and International Computer Science Conference 1997. APSEC '97 and ICSC '97. Proceedings
Print_ISBN
0-8186-8271-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APSEC.1997.640213
Filename
640213
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