CodeSkelGen - A Program Skeleton Generator

Abstract

Existent computer programming training environments help users to learn programming by solving problems from scratch. Nevertheless, initiating the resolution of a program can be frustrating and demotivating if the student does not know where and how to start. Skeleton programming facilitates a top-down design approach, where a partially functional system with complete high-level structures is available, so the student needs only to progressively complete or update the code to meet the requirements of the problem. This paper presents CodeSkelGen - a program skeleton generator. CodeSkelGen generates skeleton or buggy Java programs from a complete annotated program solution provided by the teacher. The annotations are formally described within an annotation type and processed by an annotation processor. This processor is responsible for a set of actions ranging from the creation of dummy methods to the exchange of operator types included in the source code. The generator tool will be included in a learning environment that aims to assist teachers in the creation of programming exercises and to help students in their resolution.

Cite this paper

@article{queiros2013codeskelgen,
  title = {{CodeSkelGen - A Program Skeleton Generator}},
  author = {Queirós, Ricardo},
  journal = {DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics)},
  volume = {29},
  pages = {145--154},
  year = {2013},
  doi = {10.4230/oasics.slate.2013.145}
}

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