Preferred information sources and the quality of online sources for programming courses

摘要

Programming courses are part of many technical study programs. Programming courses are not just the domain of universities, but because of many Internet sites about programming, students can learn it without actually taking any courses. For the students that take programming courses, the Internet can be a suitable addition to other resources like lectures or books. In this paper we studied the preferred information sources of students for learning programming. We created a small survey and asked them what are the preferred information sources for their practices and final exams. The credibility and quality of the information sources was considered. Students also pointed out if quality of lectures affects searching for recourses on the Internet.