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Squint: barely visible library support for CS1

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SIGCSE '07: Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1227310.1227489

Published: 07 March 2007 Publication History

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Squint is a Java library developed to support the use of event-driven programming and network applications in programming examples for a CS1 curriculum. We present the design of the library, emphasizing techniques employed to minimize the effort students expend learning features specific to the library. We also compare Squint to an established library that supports event-driven programming in CS1, emphasizing ways in which the two libraries support similar pedagogical approaches.

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SIGCSE '07: Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

March 2007

634 pages

ISBN:1595933611

DOI:10.1145/1227310

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March 2007
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Lukkarinen AMalmi LHaaranen L(2021)Event-driven Programming in Programming EducationACM Transactions on Computing Education10.1145/342395621:1(1-31)Online publication date: 16-Mar-2021
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Luxton-Reilly ASimon Albluwi IBecker BGiannakos MKumar AOtt LPaterson JScott MSheard JSzabo CRößling GScharlau B(2018)Introductory programming: a systematic literature reviewProceedings Companion of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education10.1145/3293881.3295779(55-106)Online publication date: 2-Jul-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3293881.3295779
Barros JBrito I(2017)Student perspectives on the use of a Java library for novices2017 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7943031(1405-1410)Online publication date: Apr-2017
https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7943031
Murtagh T(2008)Using networking examples for labs and enrichment in CS1Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/1352627.135263023:5(10-11)Online publication date: 1-May-2008
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