Welcome to the Programming Stream Group at the School of Computer Studies

Introduction

This wiki describes curriculum developments within the programming stream at the School of Computer Studies

The scope of the currently active projects is driven by
- the general need to train professional programmers for direct entry into the workplace
- the growing knowledge-based industries
  - digital game programming industry
  - open source communities for software developers
The information reported here is being provided to
- inform members of the status quo
- solicit member comments and criticisms

What can I do right now?

add your name to the list of active members and identify your interest here
add your project(s) to the list of projects under development here
- create your own project page describing your own approach or strategy
- add descriptions of your project(s) in detail to this wiki along with current status
- list the work that needs to be done
add any testimonials you have received here
add information to any section of this wiki - quotes, data, testimonials, suggestions
discuss or comment on any project described in this wiki

for example, to take introductory game programming GAM666/DPS901
- brings together programming and systems for the first time
- top CPD students who enroll often do well in this course

how early should students be exposed to open source tools
Using opensource, instead of teaching opensource? (repos, wikis, blogging, online collaboration tools)
how early should students work with repositories