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SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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13 years 5 months ago
Compiler error messages: what can help novices?
Novices find it difficult to understand and use compiler error messages. It is useful to refine this observation and study the effect of different message styles on how well and q...
Marie-Hélène Nienaltowski, Michela P...
KBSE
2005
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Process support to help novices design software faster and better
In earlier work we have argued that formal process definitions can be useful in improving our understanding and performance of software development processes. There has, however,...
Aaron G. Cass, Leon J. Osterweil
OOPSLA
2005
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Roles of variables in object-oriented programming
Roles can be assigned to occurrences of variables in programs according to a small number of stereotypical patterns of use. Studies on explicitly teaching roles to novices learnin...
Pauli Byckling, Petri Gerdt, Jorma Sajaniemi
ACMSE
2004
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
JavaCHIME: Java class hierarchy inspector and method executer
Java has emerged as one of the most dynamic programming languages today. During the past eight years it has become a leading choice as the programming language for an introductory...
Pallavi Tadepalli, H. Conrad Cunningham
VL
2009
IEEE
128views Visual Languages» more  VL 2009»
14 years 21 days ago
Language-based support for computational thinking
This paper explores the potential for simplified programming languages to support the development of computational thinking skills in non-programmers. We suggest that novice progr...
Katherine Howland, Judith Good, Keiron Nicholson