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| From | Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> |
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| Subject | Re: what's the story about acm library |
| Date | Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:27:48 -0400 |
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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
Re: what's the story about acm library Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-07-05 14:12 -0400
Re: what's the story about acm library Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-07-05 12:05 -0700
Re: what's the story about acm library "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-07-05 17:46 -0400
Re: what's the story about acm library Henry Huang <chiaihuang@gmail.com> - 2013-07-05 17:13 -0700
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