Debugging: From novice to expert

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

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-21

  Chmiel, Ryan ^a   Loui, Michael C ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Code review; Computer programming; CS1; Curriculum development; Debugging

Indexed keywords

CODE REVIEW; CS1; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DEBUGGING SKILLS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; EDUCATION; FORMAL LANGUAGES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STUDENTS;

PROGRAM DEBUGGING;

EID: 33646835927     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: 00978418     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1028174.971310     Document Type: Conference Paper

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