SIGCSE
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
2008
ACM
The underlying processes that enable database query execution are fundamental to understanding database management systems. However, these processes are complex and can be difficu...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
2008
ACM
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
2008
ACM
While the demand for college graduates with computing skills continues to rise, such skills no longer equate to mere programming skills. Modern day computing jobs demand design, c...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
2008
ACM
In this paper we present the design of a modern course in cluster computing and large-scale data processing. The defining differences between this and previously published designs...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
2008
ACM
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
2008
ACM
Coercing new programmers to adopt disciplined development practices such as thorough unit testing is a challenging endeavor. Test-driven development (TDD) has been proposed as a s...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
2008
ACM
Computer games are a multi-billion dollar industry and have become an important part of our private and social lives. It is only natural, then, that the technology used to create ...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
2008
ACM
This paper introduces the Bantam Java compiler project, a new language and compiler designed specifically for the classroom. Bantam Java, the source programming language, is a sma...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
2008
ACM
We have designed and implemented game-themed programming assignment modules targeted specifically for adoption in existing introductory programming classes. These assignments are ...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
2008
ACM
The errors that Java programmers are likely to encounter can roughly be categorized into three groups: compile-time (semantic and syntactic), logical, and runtime (exceptions). Wh...