Title :
Using Open Source Tools to Prevent Write-Only Code
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Adams State Coll., CO
Abstract :
This paper describes how the open-source tools Checkstyle, PMD, FindBugs, and Jupiter have been incorporated into the beginning programming course at Adams State College. The tools have helped students develop better software development skills and have improved the performance of the instructor in the code evaluation process which in turn helps students become better software engineers.
Keywords :
computer science education; educational courses; educational institutions; program debugging; public domain software; software tools; Adams State College; Checkstyle; FindBugs; Jupiter; PMD; beginning programming course; code evaluation process; open source tools; software development skills; software engineers; write-only code prevention; Computer industry; Education; Educational institutions; Open source software; Programming; Robustness; Software engineering; Software tools; Testing; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: New Generations, 2009. ITNG '09. Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3770-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3596-8
DOI :
10.1109/ITNG.2009.75
