Teaching an Object-Oriented CS1 in Python
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Python’s use in education has grown rapidly due to its elegantly simple syntax. Though often viewed as a “scripting language,” Python is a fully object-oriented language with an extremely consistent object model and a rich set of builtin classes. We are finishing our second year using Python as the language for an object-oriented CS1 course. Based on these experiences, we discuss aspects of Python which make it a particularly attractive language for such a course design. We frame our formal analysis of Python’s suitability using criteria established by Kölling as requirements for a firstyear object-oriented teaching language. Then we describe our personal experiences and strategies when using Python in CS1 followed by a mainstream object-oriented language in CS2.
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