(eBook PDF) Alice 3 to Java: Learning Creative Programming through Storytelling and Gaming

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0136156746
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0136156741
• Author: Wanda P Dann; Don Slater; Laura Paoletti; Dave Culyba

Taking a computer programming course can be challenging, time-consuming, and downright frustrating–but there’s a better way. Alice 3 to Java: Learning Creative Programming through Storytelling and Gaming, First Edition introduces readers to programming in a creative context that’s more engaging and less complicated, while still covering all the essential concepts you’d expect to see in an introductory programming course. Readers are invited to step into the world of creating 3D animations through chapters that present programming concepts with hands-on examples. Throughout the text, readers create a short story or game centered on Lawrence Prenderghast’s Haunted Circus, a story by Laura Paoletti. Students bring the story to life through projects and exercises using Alice, an animation tool similar to professional software used by studios like Pixar and DreamWorks. Later in the book, students may apply what they’ve learned in Alice to using Java, a professional, production-level programming course.

Table contents:

1 Introduction

2 Design

3 Implementation in Alice

4 Implement and Test

5 Procedures, do together, and Count Loops

6 Stepwise Refinement and Inheritance

7 Implementation in Java

8 Importing: Alice 3 to Java and Code Templates

9 Code Reuse, Parameters, Data Types, Variables, and Arithmetic Expressions

10 Java: Parameters, Data Types, Variables, Expressions, and Loop Control

11 Interactivity with Events, If/Else, Conditions, and Built-in Functions

12 Custom Functions, While Loops, Random Values, Input, and a Game Algorithm

13 Built-in Arrays, Poses, More Events, and Interactive Controls

14 Custom Arrays and Functions

15 Java: Custom Arrays and Sort

16 Event-Driven Programming and Advanced Game Controls

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