Redesigning introductory computer programming with HTML, JavaScript, and Java

Mahmoud, Qusay H.; Dobosiewicz, W.; Swayne, David A.

doi:10.1145/1028174.971344

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“…JavaScript is no longer a browser-only language. It has been shown to be both quickly accessible to novice programmers [15,20] and viable for advanced applications [17]. An accessor is a single JavaScript file.…”

Section: Accessor Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interfacing the internet of a trillion things

Campbell

Pannuto

Dutta

2015

Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Swarm at the Edge of the Cloud

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Meaningful, reusable applications built on top of ubiquitous and networked devices will be slow to materialize as long as device APIs vary widely, communication protocols are not standardized, and programming support is limited and inconsistent. When even feature-identical devices present different APIs and application creators are burdened with managing the variability, the promise of the swarm of devices will go unrealized. We start addressing this issue by providing a model for devices, based on input and output ports, that allows for a set of common interfaces to represent a range of devices. Further, we provide a solution to the bootstrapping problem, providing a general means to bridge the adoption gap for a new API for the Internet of Things. We borrow both the name, accessor, and several key design concepts from a recent proposal by Latronico et. al, for our interface layer that wraps currently non-conforming devices with the standard interface. We show how a small, straightforward to write (and read) JavaScript file can convert diverse devices into common interfaces that are conducive for creating applications. We realize our system with three environments that can execute accessors, Python, Java, and Node.js, a range of accessors for both IoT and legacy devices, and a browser-based application for interacting with devices using our proposed interfaces. We show how the same accessor mechanism can form synthetic devices with higher-level interfaces and we outline how our system can be extended to support authentication, accessor control, and cloud storage support.

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Section: Accessor Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interfacing the internet of a trillion things

Campbell

Pannuto

Dutta

2015

Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Swarm at the Edge of the Cloud

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“…Introductory programming courses that incorporate the development of games have become more and more common (Leutenegger & Edgington, 2007). The choice of JavaScript as a programming language has also been documented as a way of combining introductory programming concepts with the Web development interests of students (Mahmoud, Dobosiewicz, & Swayne, 2004).…”

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Library and Information Sciences

Salih¹,

SH.AL-Yaqub²

2014

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O'Connor, whose discussions and interest in LEGO Mindstorms systems led me to this dissertation topic, thank you for your guidance, perspective, and coffee. Thank you also to my committee members, Cathleen Norris and Sang Suh, for your knowledge and enthusiasm. Thank you to my department head at Texas A&M University-Commerce, Sam Saffer, for allowing the Computer Science Department to purchase the LEGO Mindstorms kits used in this study. To my students who participated in this study, thank you for taking the time and effort to do something that was a little different but hopefully fun and beneficial. Finally, to my parents, Bill and Ulna McWhorter, whose value of higher education was instilled in me, thank you for all your support and for being such good role models in my life.

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“…The introduction of HTML and JavaScript at the start of the course is to make the move into Java easier for students [5]. When a student writes a program in a conventional programming language such as Java, the program needs to be successfully compiled before it can run.…”

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Revitalizing the introductory programming course

Mahmoud

Talib

Maamar

et al. 2011

2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)

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In this paper we present our approach to revitalizing the introductory level programming course at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This course has been re-designed to make computer programming fun and accessible to female students who sign up for the IT program with no background in computing and in particular analytical and problem solving skills. The approach has been used at other universities and represents a marked departure from the use of a single programming language to employ multiple programming tools. The results we have obtained confirm the viability of the approach and is inspiring students to spend more time learning how to design and develop interesting applications that appeal to female students. In addition, ZU students have expressed a great deal of satisfaction and responded positively towards the new approach of learning how to program.

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Redesigning introductory computer programming with HTML, JavaScript, and Java

Cited by 17 publications

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Interfacing the internet of a trillion things

Interfacing the internet of a trillion things

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Revitalizing the introductory programming course

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