Garrido Abenza, Pedro Pablo, Ledesma Latorre, Bernardo, Grediaga, Angel VisualJVM: a visual tool for teaching Java technology GARRIDO ABENZA, Pedro Pablo; GREDIAGA OLIVO, Ángel; LEDESMA LATORRE, Bernardo. “VisualJVM: a visual tool for teaching Java technology”. IEEE Transactions on Education. Vol. 51, Issue 1 (Febr. 2008). ISSN 0018-9359, pp. 86-92 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/12111 DOI: 10.1109/TE.2007.906601 ISSN: 0018-9359 Abstract: This paper presents a laboratory session of an advanced programming course to introduce students to the technology involved with the Java programming language. In this special lab session the educational software tool VisualJVM is used, providing a graphical front-end to a Java virtual machine (JVM). This tool helps students learn about JVM architecture, learn how JVM works, and consequently, to understand why a Java program is platform independent. The student reaction to this experience was very positive and the authors are planning to use the tool in other contexts. Keywords:Educational technology, Java language, Object-oriented programming (OOP), Program interpreters, User interfaces IEEE info:eu-repo/semantics/article