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Java class visualization for teaching object-oriented concepts

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Herbert L. Dershem,

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 30, Issue 1

Pages 53 - 57

https://doi.org/10.1145/274790.273161

Published: 01 March 1998 Publication History

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Visualization is a useful tool in many areas of computer science education. This paper describes the use of visualization in the introduction of object-oriented concepts. A Java application has been developed that allows the user to interact with a visualization of any Java class through the instantiation of objects, the movement of those objects around the class environment, and the activation of class methods. The user may also move conveniently between classes in this visualization.This Object Visualizer is useful for classroom demonstration, individual student use in the laboratory, and class debugging and testing.

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Java class visualization for teaching object-oriented concepts
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
      2. Model curricula
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software verification and validation
      1. Software defect analysis
        Software testing and debugging
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Context specific languages
      1. Visual languages
    2. General programming languages
      1. Language types

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 30, Issue 1

Mar. 1998

376 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/274790

Chairmen:
John Lewis
Villanova Univ., Villanova, PA
,
Jane Prey
Univ. of Virginia
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Editors:
John Impagliazzo
Hofstra Univ., Hempstead
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Daniel Joyce
Villanova Univ., Villanova, PA

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SIGCSE '98: Proceedings of the twenty-ninth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
March 1998
396 pages
ISBN:0897919947
DOI:10.1145/273133
Chairmen:
John Lewis
Villanova Univ., Villanova, PA
,
Jane Prey
Univ. of Virginia
,
Editors:
Daniel Joyce
Villanova Univ., Villanova, PA
,
John Impagliazzo
Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, NY

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