(66)A PROPOSAL FOR TEACHING JAVA PROGRAMING LANGUAGE FOR DEVELOPING REAL-WORLD PROJECTS

摘要

The Java programmer profile is one of the most requested in the global business environment. Thecompanies value not only the knowledge of this programming language but also the knowledge ofJava tools that facilitate and automate the development of medium- and large-scale projects. Thispaper emphasizes the need of integrating such Java-based tools into the classical learning curricula ofthe Java programming language in a production environment, where version control tools, unit testingframeworks, project error handling and building tools are as important as the programming languageitself. The paper describes how these Java-based tools like JUnit, Apache Ant, MyLyn, and Bugzilleare smoothly interwoven with the modules in the Java course. In this way, students learn from the verybeginning the Java programming language and a set of tools that altogether maximizes thegeneration, feasibility, robustness, and documentation of java-based projects