An approach to teaching introductory programming for IT professionals using games

International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-38

  Vassilev, Tzvetomir I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUSE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Game programming; Programmatically controlled hardware devices; Serious games; Teaching introductory programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924416738     PISSN: 19473478     EISSN: 19473486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijhcitp.2015010103     Document Type: Article

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