A detector for non-literal Java errors

  • Authors:
  • Thomas Dy;Ma. Mercedes Rodrigo

  • Affiliations:
  • Ateneo de Manila University, Metro Manila, Philippines;Ateneo de Manila University, Metro Manila, Philippines

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 10th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Novice programmers typically have problems diagnosing errors in their programs. This difficulty may be attributed in part to non-literal error messages, i.e. compiler-reported errors that do not match the actual error. Through the analysis of compilation logs, we determined the errors frequently committed by novice programmers. We then developed a detector that checks novice student code for these non-literal errors and produces more informative error reports.