Computer literacy via Scheme and web programming

Authors:
Timothy J. Hickey
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA (e-mail: tim@cs.brandeis.edu)
Venue:
Journal of Functional Programming
Year:
2004

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Abstract

We describe an approach to introducing non-science majors to programming and computation in part by teaching them applets, servlets, and groupware applications. The course uses a dialect of didactic Scheme that is implemented in, and tightly integrated with, Java. The declarative nature of our approach allows non-science majors with no programming background to develop surprisingly complex web applications in about half a semester. This level of programming provides a context for a deeper understanding of computation than is usually feasible in a Computer Literacy course.