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- Larsson, Thomas, et al.
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Improving Introductory Programming Courses by Using a Simple Accelerated Graphics Library
- 2007
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Ingår i: SIGRAD 2007. - 9789173939904 ; , s. 24-30
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present a platform independent and hardware accelerated graphics library, which has been found to be a suitable educational tool for novice programmers. The purpose of the library is to change the nature of the assignments and projects used in introductory programming courses to something that fascinate and stimulate the students, e.g., game creation. We describe our experiences from using the presented graphics library in four different course instances of our introductory C++ course. The course surveys show that most students found the approach interesting and fun. As faculty, we could clearly see how many students became highly engaged in their projects and some of them accomplished solutions way beyond our expectations. In particular, compared to the programming courses we have given in the past, in which a standard framework for creating window applications was used, we have noticed a significant improvement in terms of the quality of the students' project solutions.
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- Lüders, Frank, et al.
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A Prototype Tool for Software Component Services in Embedded Real-Time Systems
- 2006
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Ingår i: Component-Based Software Engineering. - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer. - 3540356282 ; , s. 222-237
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The use of software component models has become popular during the last decade, in particular in the development of software for desktop applications and distributed information systems. However, such models have not been widely used in the domain of embedded real-time systems. There is a considerable amount of research on component models for embedded real-time systems, or even narrower application domains, which focuses on source code components and statically configured systems. This paper explores an alternative approach by laying the groundwork for a component model based on binary components and targeting the broader domain of embedded real-time systems. The work is inspired by component models for the desktop and information systems domains in the sense that a basic component model is extended with a set of services for the targeted application domain. A prototype tool for supporting these services is presented and its use illustrated by a control application.
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