Employing the Message Paradigm to Ease Learning Object-oriented Concepts and Programming

Rony G. Flatscher*, Till Winkler

*Korrespondierende*r Autor*in für diese Arbeit

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Abstract

Many popular object-oriented languages like Java, Python, C# support concepts introduced by Smalltalk but lack its message paradigm. Teaching novices programming in these popular languages, therefore, cannot take advantage of the message paradigm to ease and to speed up learning object-oriented programming. This article introduces and discusses the message paradigm in the context of successfully teaching object-oriented programming to business administration (BA) novices in a single semester. The messaging paradigm, as implemented in the open object Rexx (ooRexx) programming language, makes it easy for novices to interact with Windows objects via object linking and embedding (OLE) and fully utilize the Java runtime environment (JRE). The most important concepts of the ooRexx programming language are introduced and demonstrated using nutshell examples. Furthermore, observed challenges in teaching object-oriented programming are presented and advice for educators in the field of programming is given.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksMIPRO 2024 Proceedings
Untertitel des Sammelwerks47th ICT and Electroncis Convention
ErscheinungsortRijeka
VerlagMIPRO Croatian Society
Seiten1488-1493
Seitenumfang6
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2024
Veranstaltungmipro 2024: ICT and Electronics Convention - Opatija, Opatija, Kroatien
Dauer: 20 Mai 202424 Mai 2024
http://www.mipro.hr

Publikationsreihe

ReiheMipro Proceedings
Band2024
ISSN1847-3946

Konferenz

Konferenzmipro 2024
KurztitelMIPRO 2024
Land/GebietKroatien
OrtOpatija
Zeitraum20/05/2424/05/24
Internetadresse

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