String formatting considered harmful for novice programmers

Michael C Hughes, Matthew C Jadud, Ma. Mercedes T Rodrigo

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Original languageAmerican English
JournalDepartment of Information Systems & Computer Science Faculty Publications
StatePublished - Jan 1 2010

Keywords

  • Novice programmer behavior
  • string formatting
  • syntax errors
  • BlueJ
  • Java

Disciplines

  • Computer Sciences
  • Science and Mathematics Education

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