Testers and visualizers for teaching data structures

We present two tools to support the teaching of data structures and algorithms: Visualizers, which provide interactive visualizations of user-written data structures, and Testers, which check the functionality of user-written data structures. We outline a prototype implementation of visualizers and testers for data structures written in Java, and report on classroom use of testers and visualizers in an introductory Data Structures and Algorithms (CS2) course.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: SIGCSE
• Authors: Ryan Shaun Baker, Michael Boilen, Michael T. Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia, B. Aaron Stibel
• Keywords: Data Structures, Education, Introductory Data Structures, SIGCSE 1999, User-written Data Structures