• 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