Pedagogic Features

Syntax Shading. For readability, we syntax shade the code, similar to Eclipse’s and Android Studio’s use of syntax coloring. Our syntax-shading conventions are as follows:

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comments appear in grayconstants and literal values appear in bold darker gray keywords appear in bold blackall other code appears in non-bold black

Code Highlighting. We emphasize the key code segments in each program by enclosing them in light gray rectangles.

Using Fonts for Emphasis. We use various font conventions:

• The defining occurrences of key terms appear in bold for easy reference.

• On-screen IDE components appear in bold Helvetica (e.g., the File menu).

• Program source code appears in Lucida (e.g., int x = 5; ...

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