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Java as first programming language: a critical evaluation

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin archive
Volume 30 , Issue 2 (June 1998) table of contents

Pages: 43 - 47

Year of Publication: 1998

ISSN:0097-8418

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Said Hadjerrouit

Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences, Agder College, Kristiansand, Norway

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Due to the new possibilities it opens up on the Web, the Java paradigm has received much attention. As a result, many universities and colleges have introduced Java into their undergraduate computer science curriculum. However, the novelty and popularity of a language do not automatically imply its suitability for the learning of introductory programming. The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the suitability of Java as a first language for students with no programming background.

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