%0 Conference Proceedings %A Hu, M.J. %D 2006 %T Component Programming %E Mann, S. %E Bridgeman, N. %B 19th Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications %C Wellington, New Zealand %I NACCQ in cooperation with ACM SIGCSE %P 127-133 %@ ISSN 1176-8070 %U www.naccq.ac.nz %8 7th-10th July 2006 %X This paper discusses the possibility of teaching component programming after introducing objectoriented programming at a tertiary level. A field usability testing method is applied to create and test the component. The research discovered that the basic objectoriented concepts such as inheritance, polymorphism and override are seamless as a whole to the re-use components that are created by VB.NET and C#. %K Component, DLL, Field usability testing.