Robocode Platform as a Programming Teaching Tool: Using the Robocode Tool to Learn Programming Languages

Subjects involving programming have shown a high failure rate both in higher education and in technical computer courses, due to the difficulty presented in the content of Object-Oriented Programming. This book presents a tool that can help with the teaching and learning of these subjects. This tool is a programming environment known as Robocode, which is free software produced in the Java programming language. Thus, Robocode championships were organized and held, and later surveys were carried out with the students in relation to the activities carried out. Finally, the results were presented, which strongly suggest that Robocode can be effective in promoting the learning of Object-Oriented Programming.