Comprehending large code bases - the skills required for working in a "brown fields" environment

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Comprehending large code bases - the skills required for working in a "brown fields" environment

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin archive
Volume 37 , Issue 2 (June 2005) table of contents

COLUMN: Thinking ISsues table of contents

Pages: 12 - 14

Year of Publication: 2005

ISSN:0097-8418

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Tony Clear

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

In the search for answers to the effective teaching of programming at the beginner level, we are now seeing broader programs of research investigate the distinctions between reading, comprehending and writing small programs [1], [2]. In New Zealand we have joined this work with the "Bracelet" project, in which multiple institutions will investigate how students comprehend small computer programs. We hope this may help answer critical teaching and assessment questions.

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