Learning to program with Alice

Author(s)

• Dann, Wanda P
• Cooper, Stephen (Stephen Charles)
• Pausch, Randy

Bibliographic Information

Learning to program with Alice

Wanda P Dann, Stephen Cooper, Randy Pausch

（Pearson international edition）

Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009

2nd ed

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Learning to Program with Alice, 2e, is appropriate for all one-semester pre-CS1 and computer literacy courses, and for integration into the first weeks of many introductory CS1 courses. Alice was designed to make programming concepts easier to teach and learn. In the Second Edition of Learning to Program with Alice, Alice's creators offer a complete full-color introduction to the interactive Alice 2.2 programming environment. The authors make extensive use of program visualization to establish an easy, intuitive relationship between program constructs and the 3D graphics animation action in Alice. Students discover how Alice blends traditional problem-solving techniques with Hollywood-style storyboarding. Fundamental object-oriented programming concepts and language syntax are taught independently. Programming concepts can be taught from either an objects-first or an objects-early approach, with an optional early introduction to events. The book's Java-like syntax allows students to view their program code, simplifying their transitions to Java, C++, C#, or other object-oriented languages. This new edition even allows students to upload their animated programs onto YouTube and share their work on the Web.

Table of Contents

Preface Part I. Introduction to Alice 1. Getting Started with Alice 2. Program Design and Implementation 3. Programming: Putting Together the Pieces Part II. Object-oriented and Event-driven Programming Concepts 4. Classes, Objects, Methods, and Parameters 5. Interaction: Events and Event Handling Part III. Using Questions and Control Statements 6. Functions and If/Else 7. Repetition: Definite and Indefinite Loops 8. Repetition: Recursion Part IV. Advanced Topics 9. Lists and List Processing 10. Variables and Revisiting Inheritance 11. What's Next? Appendix A: Getting Started Appendix B: Managing the Alice Interface Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB0085527X
• ISBN:
  • 9780137154975
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Upper Saddle River, NJ
• Pages/Volumes: 384 p.
• Size: 26 cm.
• Attached Material: 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA76.64
  • DC22 : 005.1/17
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Object-oriented programming (Computer science) -- Computer-assisted instruction -- Computer programs
  • LCSH : Alice (Computer program language)
  • LCSH : Object-oriented programming (Computer science) -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- Computer programs
  • LCSH : Computer animation -- Computer programs
  • LCSH : Three-dimensional display systems -- Computer programs
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA82923680