Alice 3 in Action: Computing Through Animation

Joel Adams

ISBN 10: 1133589227 / ISBN 13: 9781133589228

Published by Cengage Learning, Inc, 2014

About this Item

Uses Alice - the popular 3D virtual reality computer programming system for teaching that reduces the syntax and eliminates many of the common barriers to programming success. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: UGK; UMX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 186 x 13. Weight in Grams: 498. . 2014. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9781133589228

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alice 3 in Action: Computing Through Animation
• Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1133589227
• ISBN 13: 9781133589228
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Discover the excitement and action of computer programming immediately with this dynamic addition to any computer programming course - ALICE 3 IN ACTION: COMPUTING THROUGH ANIMATION, 2E. This brief six-chapter supplementary book uses Alice -- a popular 3D virtual reality computer programming system that reduces programming syntax and eliminates many of the common barriers to programming success. Alice and ALICE 3 IN ACTION: COMPUTING THROUGH ANIMATION, 2E make programming both simple and fun. Even if you are a beginning student with no prior programming experience, you will quickly see the possibilities and fulfilling results of computer programming today.

About the Author

Joel Adams, a Professor of Computer Science at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has taught undergraduate computer science since 1984. He spends each July directing the Imaginary Worlds Camp, an animation camp for middle and high school students. Professor Adams is an ACM Distinguished Educator and a two-time Fulbright Scholar; he spent the Fall 2005 semester at Carnegie Mellon as a member of the Alice team.