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Objects from the beginning - with GUIs

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Viera K. Proulx,

Jeff Raab,

Richard RasalaAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 34, Issue 3

Pages 65 - 69

https://doi.org/10.1145/637610.544436

Published: 24 June 2002 Publication History

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We describe a way to introduce objects at the beginning of the first CS course through the use of objects that have significant nontrivial behavior and interactions with other objects. We will describe four introductory laboratory projects and an outline for introductory lectures on object oriented programming that illustrate the need for private member data, constructors and accessor member functions, and prepare students for writing object oriented programs in Java with graphical user interfaces.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 34, Issue 3

September 2002

269 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/637610

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ITiCSE '02: Proceedings of the 7th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
June 2002
262 pages
ISBN:1581134991
DOI:10.1145/544414
Conference Chairs:
Michael E. Caspersen
University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Dan Joyce
Villanova University, USA
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Program Chairs:
Don Goelman
Villanova University, USA
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Ian Utting
University of Kent, UK

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