Towards a Mobile Serious Game for Learning Object Oriented Programming Paradigms

As it is known the majority of beginners in software development encounter several difficulties to learn and understand programming paradigms including object oriented programming. This lack of comprehension is due to the complexity and abstraction of some concepts like: polymorphism, inheritance, etc. However, the use of serious games in such situations can handle this kind of issues and make experience of learning more enjoyable and beneficial for the learners. In this perspective of research we aim in this paper to present a mobile serious game for teaching object programming concepts in a fun and easy way, the proposed game will be dedicated for learners from different backgrounds.

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