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Using BlueJ to Introduce Programming

2008; Springer Science+Business Media; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-540-77934-6_9

1611-3349

Michael Kölling,

Software Engineering Techniques and Practices

This chapter describes the BlueJ system. The discussion includes both the software tool aspects of BlueJ, as well as pedagogical approaches that should be considered when teaching with BlueJ. Pedagogical changes that have been suggested go deeper than merely introducing a new software tool: they include changes to a more software-engineering-oriented course, removal of considerable chunks of traditional material, and the introduction of new skills and approaches. We discuss experiences of using the system over eight years at various institutions, and discuss successes and failures as seen retrospectively today.