A review of using design patterns in CS1

Hundley, Jacqueline

doi:10.1145/1593105.1593113

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“…Buschmann et al state that "the very fact that there are many misconceptions, misinterpretations, and mistakes, however, suggests that something is often amiss in the popular perception and definitions of the pattern concept" and that "such misunderstandings inevitably lead to inappropriate application and realization of the patterns themselves" [10]. We believe that one part of this problem lies in the inappropriate teaching of the patterns, which is supported by the experience of other authors [3,12,16,17,18,20]. To help in solving this problem we describe in this work a pattern language for teaching design patterns.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…Understanding patterns should include the full lifecycle of them -not only their application, but also their evolution [18,23]. Patterns emerge through careful observation of good solutions and the extraction of the common parts of these solutions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some of the patterns are based on [19]. Others come from published case studies and experience reports about teaching design patterns [3,12,16,17,18,20].…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Pattern Language for Teaching Design Patterns

Köppe

2013

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Pedagogical Patterns help in general with teaching. But the teaching of design patterns introduces a few special problems like e.g. ensuring that the purpose of patterns is understood and that patterns are applied in the appropriate and correct way. This pattern language for teaching design patterns addresses these problems and offers solutions for teachers and trainers to solve them. The author would like to have 4 patterns to be workshopped at the PLoP 2011 (the white ones in the language map). However, comments on all patterns are more than welcome, therefore all patterns are also included in this conference version of the paper.

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A Pattern Language for Teaching Design Patterns

Köppe

2013

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…At the other end, instead of focusing on coding, those such as Chao, Parker, and Davey (2013) put an emphasis on using application development frameworks to teach software design concepts. Their rationale is that students are often worried about learning programming language syntax, and therefore they fail to see the big picture of applying that language to solving real problems (Hundley, 2008). This is why they introduced the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern and chose PHP framework as the foundation for teaching app development course.…”

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Learning by Doing: How to Develop a Cross-Platform Web App

Huynh

Ghimire

2015

JITE:IIP

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As mobile devices become prevalent, there is always a need for apps. How hard is it to develop an app, especially a cross-platform app? The paper shares an experience in a project that involved the development of a student services web app that can be run on cross-platform mobile devices. The paper first describes the background of the project, the clients, and the proposed solution. Then, it focuses on the step-by-step development processes and provides the illustration of written codes and techniques used. The goal is for readers to gain an understanding on how to develop a mobile-friendly web app. The paper concludes with teaching implications and offers thoughts for further development.

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“…Students are often so focused on learning programming language syntax that they fail to see the big picture of applying that language to solving real problems (Hundley, 2008).…”

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Navigating the Framework Jungle for Teaching Web Application Development

Chao

Parker

Davey

2013

IISIT

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Studies indicate that information systems and computer science programs should place more emphasis on software design topics. Because little significant software in a commercial environment is developed using only programming skills, students without exposure to design patterns and frameworks will be ill-prepared for the workforce. This paper investigates whether PHP-based web development courses should use PHP frameworks to guide program development and how to select an appropriate framework. The paper begins with a literature review of the concept of design patterns, particularly the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern. We review studies that argue that design patterns and frameworks are essential pedagogical tools. Finally, we report on our work to select an appropriate framework for incorporation into web development courses as well as the process by which some of the major PHP MVC frameworks were assessed to determine which is best-suited for use in an academic environment.

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A review of using design patterns in CS1

Cited by 47 publications

References 7 publications

A Pattern Language for Teaching Design Patterns

A Pattern Language for Teaching Design Patterns

Learning by Doing: How to Develop a Cross-Platform Web App

Navigating the Framework Jungle for Teaching Web Application Development

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