A system to generate electronic books on programming exercises

Electronic books offer a number of possibilities for innovation over paper books in certain fields. It is the case of programming exercises, which have a complex but well-established structure. We describe a system for the development of electronic books on programming exercises. A mark-up language,...

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Published in:Electronic library Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 314 - 321
Main Authors: GregorioRodrguez, C., LlanaDaz, L.F., ParejaFlores, C., MartnezUnanue, R., VelzquezIturbide, J.., PalaoGostanza, P.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Bradford MCB UP Ltd 01.01.2002
Emerald
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects:
Computer languages
Computer programming
Computer programs
Computer science
Computers
Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods
E-books
Education
Educational sciences
Electronic Equipment
Electronic publishing
Innovations
Natural language generation
Programming languages
Programming languages (Electronic computers)
Scholarly publications
Subsets
Teaching methods
Computers
Computer programming
Computer languages
Electronic books
Education
Teaching Aid
Teaching method
Teaching curriculum
Computer Science
ISSN:0264-0473, 1758-616X
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Summary:Electronic books offer a number of possibilities for innovation over paper books in certain fields. It is the case of programming exercises, which have a complex but well-established structure. We describe a system for the development of electronic books on programming exercises. A mark-up language, called eXercita, was designed to represent and manage programming exercises in a comprehensive manner. Several tools allow customizing exercises to the user's purposes, as well as selecting parts of individual exercises and subsets of the repository. As a consequence, the user can generate a custom electronic book, presented as a hierarchical Web site and implemented structured according to a given specified criterion. Based on the eXercita language, we have developed a large repository of exercises, as well as two books: an electronic book on the Web and a paper book containing a set of selected exercises.
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Includes illustrations, references, table
Special Issue: Papers from the 17th Annual Assoc. of Computing Machinery Symposium 2002
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ISSN:0264-0473
1758-616X
DOI:10.1108/02640470210438900