A comparison between online compilers: A Case Study
Luan Sinanaj, Jaumin Ajdari, Mentor Hamiti, Xhemal Zenuni · 2022 11th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO) · 2022
During pandemic period educational institution were challenged will many issues how to achieve their goal continuing with online teaching. In some fields it was difficult to conduct effective teaching and learning and one of this field was computer programming teaching. In the field of programming, the use of online compilers was seen as an important challenge. The use of online compilers was seen by some students as a solution (especially during pandemic lockdown) when they did not have a computer to install an IDE but used a tablet/smartphone simply connected to the Internet, or they founded difficult to install/configure different compilers. The aim of this paper is to study and explore online compilers by making a comparison between them. A sample of 10 online compilers that were fully or partially open-source was selected. The comparison of compilers was done in 2 aspects, the first in the services they provide and the second in their performance in executing programs. Finally, a ranking of the three best compilers is given based on comparisons of the two aspects.