STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING IN JAVA

Authors
GIBBONS J
Citation
J. Gibbons, STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING IN JAVA, ACM SIGPLAN NOTICES, 33(4), 1998, pp. 40-43
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming","Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming
Journal title
ACM SIGPLAN NOTICES → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
40 - 43
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
We argue that for computing majors, it is better to use a 'why' approa ch to teaching programming than a 'how' approach; this involves (among other things) teaching structured programming before progressing to h igher-level styles such as object-oriented programming. We also argue that, once it has been decided to teach structured programming, Java i s a reasonable language to choose for doing so.