An Introduction to Programming Using Alice 2.2 / Edition 2

by Charles W. Herbert

Overview

AN INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING USING ALICE 2.2, SECOND EDITION, provides students with a solid introduction to concepts of programming, logic, and related mathematics through the use of Alice, a proven tool for motivating beginning programmers. This new edition has been fully updated to take advantage of the new movie making, virtual reality, and gaming capabilities of Alice 2.2. All chapters are supported with robust exercise sets and visual diagrams.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780538478663
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	08/13/2010
Series:	Introduction to Programming
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Charles W. Herbert has been teaching Computer Science and Computer Information Systems at Community College of Philadelphia since 1984, where he has served as the Chair of the CIS Department, Director of Computer Science, and Director of Technical Education. He has worked extensively as a professional programmer. Using his background in curriculum development, he is currently a Principal Investigator for an NSF funded team exploring the use of virtual reality programming in community college computing courses. He is the co-author of Alice 2.0: Introductory Concepts and Techniques.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction. 2. Methods. 3. Events. 4. Algorithms. 5. Boolean Logic. 6. Text, Sound, and Graphics. 7. Movies. 8. Games. 9. Advanced Programming Techniques. Glossary. Index.