An approach to teaching design patterns using musical composition

Authors:
John Hamer
Affiliations:
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Venue:
Proceedings of the 9th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Year:
2004

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Abstract

We present an approach to teaching design patterns using a music composition project. The project is distinctive in that students are encouraged to discover and express their innate musical talents, and are exposed to some deep connections between programming and art. In addition to design patterns, the material provides opportunities for incorporating a surprisingly diverse range of topics---from data structures, grammars, parsing, to formal proofs.The approach has been used successfully in both introductory and advanced courses over a number of years.