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PPOPP
2012
ACM
12 years 8 months ago
Chestnut: a GPU programming language for non-experts
Graphics processing units (GPUs) are powerful devices capable of rapid parallel computation. GPU programming, however, can be quite difficult, limiting its use to experienced prog...
Andrew Stromme, Ryan Carlson, Tia Newhall
AADEBUG
1995
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Transparency Debugging with Explanations for Novice Programmers
Novice programmers often find programming to be a difficult and frustrating task. Because of their lack of experience in programming novices have different needs to experts when i...
Philip A. Smith, Geoffrey I. Webb
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
What would other programmers do: suggesting solutions to error messages
Interpreting compiler errors and exception messages is challenging for novice programmers. Presenting examples of how other programmers have corrected similar errors may help novi...
Björn Hartmann, Daniel MacDougall, Joel Brand...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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15 years 1 months ago
Introducing PyLighter: dynamic code highlighter
Like a screenplay, a program is both a static artifact and instructions for a dynamic performance. This duality can keep laypeople from appreciating the complexity of software sys...
Michael G. Boland, Curtis C. Cliburn