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Starting Out with Alice : A Visual Introduction to Programming
by Gaddis, TonyEdition:
1st
ISBN13:
9780321475152
ISBN10:
0321475151
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Paperback w/CD
Pub. Date:
1/1/2011
Publisher(s):
Addison Wesley
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Summary
Starting Out with Alice: A Visual Introduction to Programmingpresents a fun and motivational way for novice programmers to learn the basic tenets of programming. Using Alice, an innovative and increasingly popular teaching tool, readers from a variety of backgrounds create virtual programming worlds of animations and computer games. Introduction to Alice and Objects; Programming in Alice; Variables, Functions, Math, and Strings; Decision and Repetition Structures; Methods, Functions, and More about Variables; Events; Lists and Arrays; Recursion. For all readers interested in programming using Alice.
Table of Contents
| What is a Computer Program? | |
| Algorithms and Programming Languages | |
| Learning to Program with Alice | |
| Objects | |
| Classes and the Alice Galleries | |
| 3D Objects and the Camera | |
| Programming in Alice | |
| lWriting Methods | |
| Naming Conventions | |
| Designing a Program | |
| Comments | |
| Tips for Setting Up an Initial Scene | |
| Executing Instructions Simultaneously | |
| Exporting Your Code for Printing | |
| Variables, Functions, Math, and Strings | |
| Variables | |
| Functions | |
| Creating Math Expressions | |
| Working with Strings and Text | |
| Decision and Repetition Structures | |
| Boolean Values | |
| The If/Else Decision Structure | |
| Relational Comparisons and Logical Operators | |
| The Loop Instruction | |
| The While Instruction | |
| Methods, Functions, and More About Variables | |
| Writing Custom Class-Level Methods | |
| Saving an Object to a New Class | |
| tepwise Refinement | |
| Passing Arguments | |
| Using Class-Level Variables as Properties | |
| Writing Class-Level Functions | |
| World-Level Methods and Variables | |
| Using Clipboards | |
| Tips for Visual Effects and Animation | |
| Events | |
| Responding to Events | |
| Handling Key Press and Mouse Events | |
| Using Events in Simulations and Games | |
| Using Events in Games and Simulations | |
| Lists and Arrays | |
| Lists | |
| Arrays | |
| Recursion | |
| Introduction to Recursion | |
| Problem Solving with Recursion | |
| Appendix A Installing Alice | |
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