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The new design for the introductory programming course at ETH relies on object technology, Eiffel, extensive reuse, a graphics-rich library (TRAFFIC) built specifically for the course, a textbook (“Touch of Class”) and an Outside-In approach based on “inverted curriculum” ideas. This article presents the key aspects of the approach.
Note: readers interested in following the development of our course, the “Touch of Class” textbook and the supporting TRAFFIC software project may look up the page se.inf.ethz.ch/touch, where they can also subscribe to mailing lists connected with the approach.
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Meyer, B. (2004). The Outside-In Method of Teaching Introductory Programming. In: Broy, M., Zamulin, A.V. (eds) Perspectives of System Informatics. PSI 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2890. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39866-0_9
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