A TDD approach to introducing students to embedded programming

ITiCSE 2007: 12th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - Inclusive Education in Computer Science

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 33-37

  Miller, James ^a   Smith, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Embedded programming; TDD

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

EMBEDDED PROGRAMMING; PRINCIPAL WEAPON; TEST DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT (TDD);

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 34548069316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1268784.1268797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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