A Systematic Review of Common Beginner Programming Mistakes in Data Engineering
Neuwinger M, Riehle D (2025)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2025
Journal
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages Range: 170-181
Conference Proceedings Title: 2025 IEEE/ACM 37th International Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T)
Event location: Ottawa, ON
ISBN: 979-8-3315-3710-4
DOI: 10.1109/CSEET66350.2025.00024
Abstract
The design of effective programming languages, libraries, frameworks, tools, and platforms for data engineering strongly depends on their ease and correctness of use. Anyone who ignores that it is humans who use these tools risks building tools that are useless, or worse, harmful. To ensure our data engineering tools are based on solid foundations, we performed a systematic review of common programming mistakes in data engineering. We focus on programming beginners (students) by analyzing both the limited literature specific to data engineering mistakes and general programming mistakes in languages commonly used in data engineering (Python, SQL, Java). Through analysis of 21 publications spanning from 2003 to 2024, we synthesized these complementary sources into a comprehensive classification that captures both general programming challenges and domain-specific data engineering mistakes. This classification provides an empirical foundation for future tool development and educational strategies. We believe our systematic categorization will help researchers, practitioners, and educators better understand and address the challenges faced by novice data engineers.
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APA:
Neuwinger, M., & Riehle, D. (2025). A Systematic Review of Common Beginner Programming Mistakes in Data Engineering. In 2025 IEEE/ACM 37th International Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T) (pp. 170-181). Ottawa, ON, CA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
MLA:
Neuwinger, Max, and Dirk Riehle. "A Systematic Review of Common Beginner Programming Mistakes in Data Engineering." Proceedings of the 37th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2025, Ottawa, ON Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2025. 170-181.
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