greenfoot: combining object visualisation with interaction
@inproceedings{Henriksen2004greenfootCO, title={greenfoot: combining object visualisation with interaction}, author={Poul Henriksen and Michael K{\"o}lling}, booktitle={OOPSLA '04}, year={2004} }
The introduction of programming education with object-oriented languages slowly migrates down the curriculum and is now often introduced at the high school level. This migration requires teaching tools that are adequate for the intended target audience.
In this paper, we present a new tool, named <i>greenfoot</i>, for teaching object-oriented programming aimed at students at or below college level, with special emphasis of supporting school age learners. Greenfoot was designed by analysing and…
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