Factors related to the difficulty of learning to program in Java—an empirical study of non-novice programmers

Due to its relative newness and popularity, Java is being taught to numerous non-novice programmers both in industry and in academia. Claims have been made that certain background characteristics of programmers relate to ease in learning Java. In this study, background information of 135 non-novice...

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Published inInformation and software technology Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 99 - 107
Main Authors Benander, Alan, Benander, Barbara, Sang, Janche
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.02.2004
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Empirical analysis
Human factors
Human factors research
JAVA
Java programming
Object orientation
Object oriented programming
Programmers
Programming
Software
Studies
Object orientation
Java programming
Empirical analysis
Human factors
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Summary:Due to its relative newness and popularity, Java is being taught to numerous non-novice programmers both in industry and in academia. Claims have been made that certain background characteristics of programmers relate to ease in learning Java. In this study, background information of 135 non-novice programmers was obtained, together with data relating to their difficulty of learning several different features of Java. Results of this study could be used by software project managers contemplating the use of Java, and by academicians involved in curricular planning.
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ISSN:0950-5849
1873-6025
DOI:10.1016/S0950-5849(03)00112-5