Felienne Hermans
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where they keep going back
- Strange Loop3 editions2014–2022
- SPLASH-E2 editions2023–2024
- Onward!2 editions2023–2024
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- Alaaeddin Swidanonce
- Ari Schlesingeronce
- Edwin Bradyonce
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who talks about the same things
- Felienne5 talks
- Tomas Petricek22 talks
- Ramón Huidobro23 talks
- Kate Gregory27 talks
- Kevlin Henney95 talks
- Sandor Dargo17 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| An Observational Study of Undergraduate Teaching Assistants' use of Subgoal Learning(…) | SPLASH-E 2024 | 2024-10-24 |
Observational study integrates subgoal learning into a 13‑week CS1 course with 21 tutors, 62+ observations and handouts, briefings and follow‑ups as supports… | ||
| A Word About Programming: Applying a Natural Language Vocabulary Acquisition Model(…) | SPLASH-E 2024 | 2024-10-24 |
Applies a four-phase vocabulary model (prepare, semantize, consolidate, verify) to three replaced lessons for 26 students aged 12–13, using paper handouts and… | ||
| Roles of Variables in the Hedy programming language | SPLASH-E 2024 | 2024-10-24 |
Applies the 11 Roles of Variables to Hedy and reduces them to 7 roles retained (splitting fixed into constant and input, merging organizer/container into list… | ||
| Gender Differences in Story, Game and Visual Adventures in Hedy | SPLASH-E 2024 | 2024-10-24 |
Analysis of 14,233 programs from 2,819 users aged 10–14 in Hedy levels 1–5 shows the rock‑paper‑scissors game adventure is most popular across boys, girls and… | ||
| A Case for Feminism in Programming Language Design | Onward! 2024 | 2024-10-23 |
Argues that programming languages are socially constructed and that Haddi localized to 59 languages proves inclusivity is technical and valuable (hundreds of… | ||
| Hedy: Creating a Programming Language for Everyone | GOTO Copenhagen 2024 | 2024-09-30 |
A programming language called Hedy is built as an open source, browser-based, free tool that introduces concepts gradually up through gradual levels (1–18)… | ||
| Creating a learnable and inclusive programming language | Onward! 2023 | 2023-10-25 |
Proposal and results for a new learner-first language called Hedy: an open‑source, browser‑based system with a levels approach that gradually transforms simple… | ||
| A Framework for the Localization of Programming Languages | SPLASH-E 2023 | 2023-10-25 |
A framework defines 12 aspects of localization and shows concrete fixes: a bilingual education language with localized keywords and error messages, parser and… | ||
| Hedy: Creating a Programming Language for Everyone | YOW! Perth 2023 | 2023-09-11 |
A gradual beginner language that runs in the browser and transpiles to Python shows concrete results: 18 staged levels that add syntax slowly, readable… | ||
| Non-English Programming with Hedy | Copenhagen Developers Festival 2023 | 2023-08-28 |
A gradual, multilingual teaching language that reaches a subset of Python at level 18, Hedy parses its 18-level grammars, transpiles to Python and runs… | ||
| Hedy: A Gradual programming language | Strange Loop 2022 | 2022-09-22 |
Hedy is a purposely gradual teaching language that adds real syntax and concepts over 18 levels and lands on a Python subset, tested with 39 children over 12… | ||
| Teaching Kids to Program with Hedy: A Gradual Programming Language | GOTO Amsterdam 2022 | 2022-06-12 |
A teaching-focused language that uses gradual language levels (eventually a Python subset at level 22) is built, transpiles student code to Python, and parses… | ||
| How patterns in variable names can make code easier to read | It Will Never Work in Theory (Online, April 2022) | 2022-04-27 |
Shows that linguistic code smells measurably raise cognitive load using brain scanners, defines categories like methods that do more or less than their name… | ||
| How to Read Complex Code | YOW! 2021 | 2021-11-30 |
Research shows developers spend about 58–60% of time reading code and that three memory systems drive confusion: short‑term (5±2 items), working memory, and… | ||
| Hedy: A Gradual programming language | Build Stuff 2021 | 2021-11-17 |
A gradual teaching language that unlocks syntax in stages, with 16 levels that start as plain keywords and later add quotes, brackets and indentation. It runs… | ||
| How to Read Complex Code? | Craft Conference 2021 | 2021-06-02 |
Developers spend about 58% of their time reading code and comprehension breaks down into three memory problems: lacking long‑term knowledge, overloading… | ||
| How to Read Complex Code? | GOTOpia Chicago 2021 | 2021-04-20 |
Developers spend 58% of their time reading code and 85% learned programming before 19, so reading is a skill not a pastime. Cognitive limits (Miller’s 5–9… | ||
| Panel discussion: Types for All: From weak to strong, from static to dynamic | Code Mesh LDN 2020 | 2020-11-05 |
Panelists compare concrete systems and trade-offs: dependent types in Idris 2 (about 50,000 lines of Idris, with tests taking ~3x the build time) eliminate… | ||
| How to teach programming (and other things)? | Strange Loop 2019 | 2019-09-12 |
Research shows explicit instruction outperforms pure exploration: weekly read code aloud exercises improve students’ syntax retention, and short end‑of‑session… | ||
| Keynote: How Does Code Sound? | Lambda World Cádiz 2018 | 2018-10-25 |
A set of experiments and workshops shows developers lack a consistent way to read code aloud: 25 experienced programmers and classroom tests produce wide… | ||
| What does code sound like? | DevConf 2018 | 2018-09-26 |
A controlled study has 25 experienced developers and multiple classroom experiments show people do not consistently vocalize code: some read x = 5 as “x is 5”… | ||
| How to teach programming and other things? | Lambda Days 2018 | 2018-02-22 |
Research shows code smells matter for novices: experiments with Scratch find 30% long‑method and 26% cloning across 250000 Scratch projects, and learners given… | ||
| A board game night with geeks | Lambda Days 2016 | 2016-02-25 |
Encodes Quarto as Boolean satisfiability using F#, rewrites rules into CNF and DIMACS, and feeds that to a SAT solver (runs on MiniSat) to produce an explicit… | ||
| Spreadsheets for Developers | GOTO Berlin 2015 | 2015-12-03 |
Claims spreadsheets are Turing complete and proves it by implementing a Turing machine and a selection sort entirely with Excel formulas. Demonstrates quick… | ||
| Spreadsheets are Code | Code Mesh 2015 | 2015-11-03 |
Claim: spreadsheets are Turing complete — a full Turing machine is implemented in Excel formulas and visualized, and a working selection sort in Excel is built… | ||
| Spreadsheets for developers | Strange Loop 2014 | 2014-09-17 |
Argues spreadsheets are real code by implementing a Turing complete machine and a working selection sort purely with formulas, using OFFSET/INDIRECT… | ||
| Strata Conference in London 2013: Felienne Hermans | Strata Conference in London 2013 | 2013-11-11 |
Research finds a 1,500‑employee bank has 2.5 million spreadsheets, spreadsheets live five years on average and are edited by about 12 people, and 50% are used… | ||
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