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Given the included JAR files, I'd be interested to know if the author measured only his performance in coding Java against his students. Although I usually cod
by rodh 16y ago
Given the included JAR files, I'd be interested to know if the author measured only his performance in coding Java against his students.
Although I usually code in a basic text editor, Java is one of those languages in which I personally found setting up and getting familiar with a good IDE makes a huge difference. Back at University, my pure CS professors initially discouraged us from using Eclipse, Netbeans, etc. They certainly didn't want to teach us how to use them.
- bcaulf 16y agoGreat observation. Java requires masses of scaffolding just for Hello World and for this reason is not IMO a decent introductory teaching lesson. I taught an introductory programming course and I was required after several semesters of using Perl to switch to Java. It was awful to lose the ability to do one-liner scripts. I also taught an introduction to the Korn shell and Unix environment. Since shells have a REPL, you can make an easy shift from entering commands to putting a list of commands in a file and running it. Super helpful for learning. Not possible with Java.
- pmb 16y agoBoth I and they used NetBeans.