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Title: Code Hunt: Experience with Coding Contests at Scale.
Authors: Bishop, Judith1 jbishop@microsoft.com, Horspool, R. Nigel2 nigelh@uvic.ca, Tao Xie3 taoxie@illinois.edu, Tillmann, Nikolai1 jhalleux@microsoft.com, de Halleux, Jonathan1 jhalleux@microsoft.com
Source: ICSE: International Conference on Software Engineering. 2015, p398-407. 10p.
Subjects: Computer programming, Computer game programming, Computer software, Computer systems, Computer security
Abstract: Mastering a complex skill like programming takes many hours. In order to encourage students to put in these hours, we built Code Hunt, a game that enables players to program against the computer with clues provided as unit tests. The game has become very popular and we are now running worldwide contests where students have a fixed amount of time to solve a set of puzzles. This paper describes Code Hunt and the contest experience it offers. We then show some early results that demonstrate how Code Hunt can accurately discriminate between good and bad coders. The challenges of creating and selecting puzzles for contests are covered. We end up with a short description of our course experience, and some figures that show that Code Hunt is enjoyed by women and men alike. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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