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Obscuring threshold concepts

Threshold concepts (TC) discussed in papers like Eckerdal et al. (2007) and others. The existence and the use for threshold concepts in Computer Science Education are open for debate. Though in programming you often feel that after struggling with understanding … Continue reading

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On illogical stuff like int, wrapper classes, Immutable types when teaching programming in Java.

Moving from procedural programming with Java and primitive datatypes like int to the object oriented arena when teaching programming is like travelling from an mathematical view of the word towards a more real world analogy. In my experience there are … Continue reading

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On i++; and other disturbances

Programmers as other people has habits and preferences that often are defended in high pitch when questioned. There are many discussions on different programming topics on the net and it often boils down to a performance discussion. To me that … Continue reading

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Equality = Assignment

Why do we use equality sign in programming The assignment operator ‘=’ is one of the first unnecessary obstacle for a novice learner since most students spent quite a few years using the equality sign ‘=’ in math. Traditionally in … Continue reading

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UML for Pfi2

We will use a UML-tool from Visual Paradigm for the course. Register and download Community Edition. You will receive your licence key via mail, point to that file when requested during installation. We will use the tool as a standalone … Continue reading

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Setup for Eclipse, WindowBuilder and EGit för Pfi2

For er som följer pfi2 kursen…. detta är bra förberedelse inför första föreläsningen. Beväpna er med MYCKET TÅLAMOD innan ni börjar. 1::::Installera Eclipse Helios:::: Hämta Eclipse IDE for Java Developers, 98 MBPacka upp o kopierar till lämpligt ställe som Program … Continue reading

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Application pool account in MOSS

Starting this new day with assigning a new application pool account to the PKS site.´Like a lot of things with SharePoint it can be hard to know were to do things, in this case I thought I had to configure … Continue reading

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Unknown server tag ‘asp:ScriptManager’

  While installing PKS I get this error “Unknown server tag ‘asp:ScriptManager’.” This can beautifully be solved with this solution: The Lazy wayAjax the lazy way This guy seems to been working with stuff related to our work:PKS mutiserver etc

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C# and Arduino reading port info

If you like me want to use the Arduino for some simple input from the real word here is a small VS 2008 C# project that reads port 12 on the Arduino and checks if it is 0 or 1. … Continue reading

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Application pool account in MOSS

Starting this new day with assigning a new application pool account to the PKS site.´Like a lot of things with SharePoint it can be hard to know were to do things, in this case I thought I had to configure … Continue reading

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