Programmeren met Minecraft

by Craig Richardson

Python is een eenvoudige, krachtige programmeertaal waar miljoenen mensen al mee hebben leren werken. Het populaire spel Minecraft heeft al meer dan honderd miljoen spelers. Met dit boek leer je programmeren in Python zodat je jouw eigen Minecraft wereld vorm kan geven.

Zo leer je onderdelen van Minecraft ontgrendelen die alleen toegankelijk zijn door te programmeren. Je begint met een paar korte lessen in Python en daarna gebruik je het geleerde om Minecraft aan te passen. Je leert hoe je Minecraft gebruikt om mini-spellen te bouwen, complete gebouwen te kopiëren en saaie blokken in goud te veranderen.

Je schrijft ook programma's die je op reis meenemen door jouw Minecraft wereld of programma's om enorme monumenten, piramides, bossen en nog veel meer te bouwen. Ook maak je geheime doorgangen die opengaan als je een verborgen schakelaar activeert en bouw je een enge spookstad die steeds verdwijnt en ergens anders weer tevoorschijn komt. Handig is dat je ook leert waar je zeldzame blokken vindt, hoe je toverspreuken uitspreekt en valstrikken zet om te overleven in de Minecraft wereld. Zo word je nog beter in het spel!

Of je nu een megafan van Minecraft bent of het spel pas net leert kennen, je bekijkt Minecraft heel anders en leert ondertussen programmeren. Natuurlijk kun je in Minecraft de hele dag bezig zijn met het bouwen van een villa, maar met de macht van Python is die tijd voorbij en zie je dat je nog veel meer kunt doen met Minecraft!

Belangrijk bij dit boek!
Wanneer u Minecraft downloadt op een Windows computer moet u de
klassieke versie
, oftewel de
Java-versie
downloaden. De Windows 10-versie verschilt teveel van het boek.

Genres: Childrens, Technical, Software, Technology, Programming, Nonfiction, Reference

336 pages, Paperback

First published September 25, 2015

Reviews

[Adrian · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first book I used to try and teach my 6th grader how to program. I started with game creation using Unity and C#. While we were able to create and publish a successful game, I did not feel as though he really understood what aspect of the game creation was "programming". It was much clearer using this book. While there were many times in which he just wanted to continue playing Minecraft rather than moving on to the next lesson, I felt it was important to just be patient and let him play. Its key that he associates coding with fun. We did not complete the lessons in this book because he 'lost' it. Because of this, I turned to the other one on his shelf called "Python For Kids" by Jason Briggs.

I'm finding that Python for Kids is much more in-line with what I want him to learn. It does a good job catering to kids and I find myself learning a few things! I'm thrilled that he is grasping the concepts surprisingly fast (especially classes, objects, and inheritance) but I think this has a lot to do with me being able to reference bits of code from the Unity tutorials as well as those of this book.

I don't think I got him hooked yet but I'm trying very hard.

[Brian Surratt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I write software for a living, and bought this book for my kids . As someone who thinks in code, I found this book an odd mix of topics at various levels of technical depth, but still some hand waving. For example, using a library that reads from binary files, but not explaining what binary files are. But if that example didn't make any sense to you, then the book may be cool for you.

[John Baichtal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great introduction to manipulating your Minecraft worlds with the help of Python.

[John Haworth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a good mixture of practical examples and fun activities to do with Minecraft. What was particularly good is the ability to practice and play with the code structure and see the results immediately in the Minecraft world.

[Ben · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun book.

Good way to learn programming.

I have been learning how to teach programming as I wish to volunteer soon.
Although, with the recent variants, it won't likely happen for a while (COVID)

3.8/5

[Kai · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel very goodabout this book and I got a lot out of this. I got a little confused and I prefer HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Still good though.My

[sanstheskelepun]

great but only if you have python ( i don't)