On using C++ and object-orientation in CS1: the message is still more important than the medium

  • Authors:
  • Michael R. Wick

  • Affiliations:
  • Comptuer Science Department, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI

  • Venue:
  • SIGCSE '95 Proceedings of the twenty-sixth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
  • Year:
  • 1995

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Abstract

Most current approaches to modernizing CS1 revolve around the use of C++ and/or object-orientation. Although the two are not exclusively tied to one another, it is important to pause and consider the potential pitfalls of current approaches. Having identified those pitfalls, this paper presents an approach to CS1 that avoids those pitfalls while focusing students' attention on the real message: software reusability.