Visual programming with Java; an alternative approach to introductory programming

Authors:
Frank Wester;Marleen Sint;Peter Kluit
Affiliations:
Faculty of Technical Sciences, Open Universiteit, PO Box 2960, 6401 DL Heerlen, the Netherlands;Faculty of Technical Sciences, Open Universiteit, PO Box 2960, 6401 DL Heerlen, the Netherlands;Faculty of Technical Mathematics and Informatics, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 356, 2600 AJ Delft, the Netherlands
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2nd conference on Integrating technology into computer science education
Year:
1997

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Abstract

The appearance of the programming language Java and visual programming environments based on this language give new opportunities to teach introductory programming to university students. The authors are working on a new set of programming courses starting with Visual Programming. In this course the possibilities of visual programming environments are used to teach programming in an application oriented way with more emphasis on building user interfaces and using standard class libraries. Less attention is paid to algorithms. Because the applications in the course are of general interest, the course is suited for a broader audience than computer science students only.