Java--Meets Eclipse - An IDE for Teaching Java Following the Object-later Approach

Lorenzo Bettini, Pierluigi Crescenzi

2015

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a new Eclipse-based IDE for teaching Java following the object-later approach. In particular, this IDE allows the programmer to write code in Java--, a smaller version of the Java language that does not include object-oriented features. For the implementation of this language we used Xtext, an Eclipse framework for implementing Domain Specific Languages; besides the compiler mechanisms, Xtext also allows to easily implement all the IDE tooling mechanisms in Eclipse. By using Xtext we were able to provide an implementation of Java-- with all the powerful features available when using an IDE like Eclipse (including debugging, automatic building, and project wizards). With our implementation, it is also straightforward to create self-assessment exercises for students, which are integrated in Eclipse and JUnit.

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Bettini L. and Crescenzi P. (2015). Java--Meets Eclipse - An IDE for Teaching Java Following the Object-later Approach . In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends - Volume 1: ICSOFT-PT, (ICSOFT 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-115-1, pages 31-42. DOI: 10.5220/0005512600310042


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@conference{icsoft-pt15,
author={Lorenzo Bettini and Pierluigi Crescenzi},
title={Java--Meets Eclipse - An IDE for Teaching Java Following the Object-later Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends - Volume 1: ICSOFT-PT, (ICSOFT 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={31-42},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005512600310042},
isbn={978-989-758-115-1},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends - Volume 1: ICSOFT-PT, (ICSOFT 2015)
TI - Java--Meets Eclipse - An IDE for Teaching Java Following the Object-later Approach
SN - 978-989-758-115-1
AU - Bettini L.
AU - Crescenzi P.
PY - 2015
SP - 31
EP - 42
DO - 10.5220/0005512600310042