DocumentCode
1997538
Title
Using Open Source Tools to Prevent Write-Only Code
Author
Loveland, Susan
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Adams State Coll., CO
fYear
2009
fDate
27-29 April 2009
Firstpage
671
Lastpage
677
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ITNG.2009.75
Filename
5070697
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