An empirical investigation of methods for teaching design patterns within object-oriented frameworks

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 701-722

  Ho, Sin Ban ^a   Chai, Ian ^a   Tan, Chuie Hong ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Framework documentation; Minimalist; Patterns; Pedagogy practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749055153     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021962200700271X     Document Type: Article

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