CS1 using java language features gently

SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 40-43

  Koffman, Elliot ^a   Wolz, Ursula ^b  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

CS1; Graphics; Interactivity; Java; Programming; User interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005373165     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/384267.305845     Document Type: Article

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