Learning to Program with Alice (w/ CD ROM), 3/e

by Stephen Cooper

Learning to Program with Alice, 3eis appropriate for all one-semester pre-CS1 and computer literacycourses, and for integration into the first weeks of manyintroductory CS1 courses. It also serves as a useful how-to guidefor introductory programmers interested in learning AliceAlice was designed to make programmingconcepts easier to teach and learn. In the Third Edition ofLearning to Program with Alice, Alice’s creators offera complete full-color introduction to the interactive Aliceprogramming environment. The authors make extensive use of programvisualization to establish an easy, intuitive relationship betweenprogram constructs and the 3D graphics animation action in Alice.Readers discover how Alice blends traditional problem-solvingtechniques with Hollywood-style storyboarding. Fundamentalobject-oriented programming concepts and language syntax are taughtindependently. Programming concepts can be taught from either anobjects-first or an objects-early approach, with an optional earlyintroduction to events. The book’s Java-like syntax allowsstudents to view their program code, simplifying their transitionsto Java, C++, C#, or other object-oriented languages. This newedition includes over 60% revised exercises and a "sneak peek" atAlice 3.0.

371 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 16, 2011