Ways to spot plagiarized code

Copying code for Computer Science assignments continues to be a recurring problem, even though it’s very easy to get caught. To demonstrate this point in practise, a real world example has recently surfaced on the forums — “i need help!please fix my battleship game!!!i dont know what to do!!”[sic].

I previously mentioned that programming has a [...]

Delete bugs and broken code

An often overlooked approach to fixing broken code, is to simply delete the broken part and rewrite it from scratch. It might seem counter-intuitive, and a lot of people would be hesitant to delete code that’s already there. It might seem like a step backwards from the solution, but in certain situations it might be [...]

Super Paper Programming

In today’s over digitalized environment, I think that many people, especially younger students, are missing the value that paper and pencil still supply to the field of computer programming. No, not the punchcard programming, or writing pseudocode on a paper exam — that’s bad. I’m talking about sketching out your concepts — that’s good!
It’s difficult [...]