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Re: what's the story about acm library

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On 07/05/2013 08:53 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>
>    I also teach Java, but refrain from adding any custom
>    libraries. So, I postpone the topics of reading input from
>    the user or plotting points and start by teaching other
>    material until students have learned enough to be able to do
>    this in Java SE. After all, I do not want that my students
>    learn my custom library when they have their first contact
>    with Java, but they should learn Java and the Java SE
>    library. And there already is enough to explore in the Java
>    SE library without the need to add a custom library in an
>    attempt to »retrofit« Java so as to conform to some
>    BASIC-like idea of programming.
>
I'm curious.
What prerequisites are required for your most introductory Java course?
And what would I learn on the first day?

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what's the story about acm library Henry Huang <chiaihuang@gmail.com> - 2013-07-05 05:20 -0700
  Re: what's the story about acm library Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-07-05 12:14 -0400
  Re: what's the story about acm library Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-07-05 12:27 -0400
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