Implementing domain-specific languages as the foundation of an honors intro CS course

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Implementing domain-specific languages as the foundation of an honors intro CS course

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ACM SIGPLAN Notices archive
Volume 43 , Issue 11 (November 2008) table of contents

COLUMN: White papers table of contents

Pages 66-70

Year of Publication: 2008

ISSN:0362-1340

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Kathi Fisler

WPI Department of Computer Science, Worcester MA, USA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

This position paper describes an honors introductory Computer Science course focused on designing and implementing domain-specific programming languages. The course presents programming language design as a fundamental tool for software engineering. Students build languages for prototypes of several nontrivial products (such as PowerPoint and TurboTax). The course aims to convey fundamental ideas behind programming languages in a form that mainstream Computer Science students can appreciate early in their careers. The paper includes descriptions of and links to assignments and course materials.

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