Teaching design patterns using a family of games

Proceedings of the Conference on Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education, ITiCSE

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 268-272

  Gómez Martín, Marco Antonio ^a   Jiménez Díaz, Guillermo ^a   Arroyo, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abstract strategy games; Design patterns; Refactoring

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PATTERNS; OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE DESIGNS; PROJECT-BASED; REFACTORINGS;

ABSTRACTING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; DESIGN; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INNOVATION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STUDENTS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77049086344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1562877.1562960     Document Type: Conference Paper

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