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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 006 EAN: 9780131872899 Edition: Pap/Cdr ISBN: 0131872893 Label: Prentice Hall Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 375 Publication Date: July 25, 2005 Publisher: Prentice Hall Studio: Prentice Hall Editorial Review: Product Description: This guide supports an innovative approach to fundamental programming concepts. The authors use program visualization to create an easy relationship between program construct and the animation action in a 3D world. Final release is in full color. For consistency with Java, C++, and other commonly used languages, "questions" are now "functions." Save and reload bugs have been fixed. Fonts can be scaled larger or smaller. High contrast mode is available for projection in the classroom. A much larger local gallery is now loaded with Alice; the CD with the book contains the complete gallery, so Internet access for downloading 3D models is no longer required. A useful how-to guide for programmers interested in learning Alice. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great service but misread itemI got the books quickly and in good shape. However, I did not see the Brief Edition explanation. The brief only has 5 of the 10 chapters. If I had seen this I would have ordered the full version. Rating:  - Useless ... for a basic programmerIf you know the ABCs of programming already, this book is useless for you. Alice is soooo simple, it's absolutely easy for you to figure out on your own how each element in Alice works. On the other hand, if you don't know what "Java" or "C++" is, ummm ... buy this book. Actually, even if you don't know any programming language at all, but are moderately smart, you can figure out how Alice works since Alice has an inbuilt tutorial, which is fairly simple to follow and covers almost everything ... Read More Rating:  - Doesn't Teach Alice At AllI will admit, there are some good definitions in here for the different concepts in programming. However, this is NOT a good way to actually learn Alice. The exercises are not explained in the text unless they are an extension of the chapter problem. The text teaches very little about how to use Alice. If the Alice interface wasn't so clunky, it would be easy to figure out. None of the examples relate to any of the actual exercises. A case in point is the fish problem in chapter 2. There is no ... Read More Rating:  - Used it as textbook. Excellent!"One of Alice's real strengths is that it has been able to make abstract concepts concrete in the eyes of first- time programmers. " - Forward to the book. I used this book as a textbook in a one-semester introduction to programming course in my high school. I intend to use it again next year. Here is why: Each chapter begins with a motivational overview of the chapter's topic and end with exercises and projects. Storyboards are used to provide an algorithmic step-by-step description ... Read More Rating: - Excellent TextbookI used this book as a textbook in a 'Programming with Multimedia Projects' college class. I thought it was very easy to understand, and I liked the way the material is presented: Using the Alice program (included on a CD-ROM with the book), each chapter walks you through each new topic in a few different 'lab exercises'. You are then able to apply what you have learned to 'project questions' at the end of each chapter. The only problem would be that if you are not part of a class when you are going through this ... Read More |
