NDLI: Don't Hide the Code!: Empowering Novice and Beginner Programmers Using a HTML Game Editor

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Wyeld, T. Barbuto, Z.
Copyright Year	2014
Description	Author affiliation: Flinders Univ., Adelaide, SA, Australia (Wyeld, T.; Barbuto, Z.)
Abstract	Novices and beginners have multiple motivations to learn how to program. The greatest hurdle for them to overcome is the intimidation of the code itself. Making the code easier to understand and operate on assists them in the task of learning to program. This paper reports on a novel HTML games editor interface for assisting novice and beginner programmers to create games for mobile devices. Visualising the results of their programming in the form of a game helped them overcome their initial anxiety. The HTML games editor was developed using a cycled evaluation study to best meet the novice and beginner users' needs. The goal for novices and beginners to create a game suitable for playing on a mobile device in 1.5 hours was achieved.
Starting Page	125
Ending Page	131
File Size	590369
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781479941032
ISSN	15506037
DOI	10.1109/IV.2014.56
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2014-07-16
Publisher Place	France
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Games HTML Mobile handsets Programming profession Computers Visualization beginner games editor Heckle evaluation novice
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Don't Hide the Code!: Empowering Novice and Beginner Programmers Using a HTML Game Editor