JavaScript as a first programming language for multimedia students

Ward, Robert; Smith, Martin

doi:10.1145/282991.283557

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“…Finally, while JavaScript is currently the core web technology, it has gained its popularity during the last 10 years only. An interesting early publication by Ward and Smith [1998] proposes using JavaScript as the first language for multimedia students, presenting their course implementation and reflections.…”

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“…Burns [2005] proposed new courses for liberal arts students that would introduce the breadth of cs in one or two semesters while covering introductory programming. For teaching cs to multimedia students, Ward and Smith [1998] proposed using JavaScript as their first language. They report positive experiences from the course and describe their approach in detail.…”

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Event-driven Programming in Programming Education

Lukkarinen

Malmi

Haaranen

2021

ACM Trans. Comput. Educ.

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During the past two decades, event-driven programming (EDP) has emerged as a central and almost ubiquitous concept in modern software development: Graphical user interfaces are self-evident in most mobile and web-based applications, as well as in many embedded systems, and they are most often based on reacting to events. To facilitate both teaching practice and research in programming education, this mapping review seeks to give an overview of the related knowledge that is already available in conference papers and journal articles. Starting from early works of the 1990s, we identified 105 papers that address teaching practices, present learning resources, software tools or libraries to support learning, and empirical studies related to EDP. We summarize the publications, their main content, and findings. While most studies focus on bachelor’s level education in universities, there has been substantial work in K-12 level, as well. Few courses address EDP as their main content—rather it is most often integrated with CS1, CS2, or computer graphics courses. The most common programming languages and environments addressed are Java, App Inventor, and Scratch. Moreover, very little of deliberate experimental scientific research has been carried out to explicitly address teaching and learning EDP. Consequently, while so-called experience reports, tool papers, and anecdotal evidence have been published, this theme offers a wide arena for empirical research in the future. At the end of the article, we suggest a number of directions for future research.

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Event-driven Programming in Programming Education

Lukkarinen

Malmi

Haaranen

2021

ACM Trans. Comput. Educ.

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“…Many of the programming courses specially designed for "multimedia students" use scripting languages, such as HyperTalk, Lingo(Director) [1] and JavaScript [2]. The reasons for this are that most students majoring in fields related to multimedia will not become engineers, and they therefore need only conceptual understanding of programming.…”

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Programming for students of information design

Ariga

Tsuiki

2001

SIGCSE Bull.

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Programming is one of the subjects which students of information design need to study. Programming training will improve their multimedia representation, even when they use software packages. It will also enlarge the possibility of new interactive multimedia art over the internet. We propose course materials to teach programming by Java, which have been applied to a programming course in the Department of Information Design.

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“…A linguagem Javascript, assim como Python,é uma linguagem de programação textual difundida em aplicações profissionais, mas que também suscita interesse como recurso para iniciantes em programação [Ward e Smith 1998]. Trata-se de uma linguagem versátil, que vem se popularizando em aplicações gráficas, como jogos e animações.…”

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Programação Criativa e Colaborativa no Ensino Médio: uma Experiência com Studio Sketchpad

Charão¹,

Solórzano²,

Matiuzzi³

2017

Anais Do XXIII Workshop De Informática Na Escola (WIE 2017)

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O desenvolvimento de habilidades de programação na educação básica tem sido alvo de muitas iniciativas, geralmente amparadas em ferramentas computacionais consolidadas e especialmente concebidas para este público. Neste trabalho, explora-se um recurso pouco conhecido neste meio, denominado Studio Sketchpad, que utiliza a programação textual baseada na linguagem Javascript. Dentre suas principais características, estão a facilidade de expressar criações com apelo visual e a possibilidade de criar programas colaborativamente. O Studio Sketchpad foi utilizado em oficinas oferecidas a um grupo de alunos de ensino médio, revelando pontos fortes e limitações que podem contribuir à replicação da experiência em contextos semelhantes.

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JavaScript as a first programming language for multimedia students

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Event-driven Programming in Programming Education

Event-driven Programming in Programming Education

Programming for students of information design

Programação Criativa e Colaborativa no Ensino Médio: uma Experiência com Studio Sketchpad

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