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An “enjoyable” introduction to Programming

An “enjoyable” introduction to Programming. Dr. Jeyakesavan Veerasamy CS faculty, University of Texas at Dallas Email: jeyv@utdallas.edu Website: www.utdallas.edu/~jeyv. Analogy for learning to program: Learning to ride bicycle. Difficulties for beginners:

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An “enjoyable” introduction to Programming

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  1. An “enjoyable” introduction to Programming Dr. Jeyakesavan Veerasamy CS faculty, University of Texas at Dallas Email: jeyv@utdallas.edu Website: www.utdallas.edu/~jeyv

  2. Analogy for learning to program: Learning to ride bicycle • Difficulties for beginners: • Learning to balance & go forward together • Difficulties for experienced folks: • None.

  3. Solution for beginners • Training wheels • Helmet • Makes learning enjoyable and safe! • Similar difficulties are there while learning to program in a computer.

  4. Learning to program:Difficulties for beginners • Syntax errors • struggle for hours to fix syntax errors • Loose confidence • Frustrating experience • Run away & never come back if possible! 2. Logic errors Not a serious issue.

  5. Difficulties for experienced programmers Logic errors Continuous learning

  6. Recommendation • C/C++/Java in introductory programming course has been a disaster for lots of learners! • It is better to use intermediate steps like Alice and KhanAcademy. • Following is a meaningful approach: Alice  KhanAcademy JavaScript  C/C++/Java

  7. Recommendation … • Visual Programming Tools like Alice use drag-and-drop programming and enable us to master programming concepts. • Programs are always ready to run since there are no syntax errors. In other words, they enable us to focus on the logic first & build confidence.

  8. Free Visual Programming Tools

  9. A few bit advanced tools

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