Most current approaches for automatic evaluation of source code use input/output testing to validate student-submitted solutions. However, very few use software engineering metrics to analyze source code. With the limitations of related work in mind, we present, in this paper, our 4-stage approach for automatic evaluation of source code: i) the code is first compiled and checked for any errors; ii) the compiled code is then tested against a set of JUnit tests provided by the teacher; iii) a set of software engineering metrics is used to compare the student's solution against the teacher's solution; iv) and finally, based on the previous stages, feedback is provided to the students so they can self-evaluate and identify the areas in which they need further study.

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Computer-supported Education,Student Feedback,Automatic Evaluation,Web Application,Java Programming

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