Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction to Alice and Objects

Chapter 2 Programming in Alice

Chapter 3 Variables, Functions, Math, and Strings

Chapter 4 Decision Structures

Chapter 5 Repetition Structures

Chapter 6 Methods, Functions, and More about Variables

Chapter 7 Events

Chapter 8 Lists and Arrays

Chapter 9 Recursion

Appendix A Installing Alice

Appendix B Answers to Checkpoints

Index

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction to Alice and Objects

1.1 What Is a Computer Program?

1.2 Algorithms and Programming Languages

1.3 Learning to Program with Alice

TUTORIAL 1-1: Opening and playing an Alice world

1.4 Objects

1.5 Classes and the Alice Galleries

TUTORIAL 1-2: Creating a world and adding objects

1.6 3D Objects and the Camera

TUTORIAL 1-3: Moving the camera in 3D space

TUTORIAL 1-4: Manipulating objects in 3D space

TUTORIAL 1-5: Manipulating subpart objects

Review Questions

Chapter 2 Programming in Alice

2.1 Writing Methods

TUTORIAL 2-1: Adding instructions to an Alice world

TUTORIAL 2-2: Exploring additional primitive methods

2.2 Naming Conventions

2.3 Designing a Program

TUTORIAL 2-3: Using the program design cycle

2.4 Comments

TUTORIAL 2-4: Inserting comments

2.5 Tips for Setting Up an Initial Scene

2.6 Executing Instructions Simultaneously

TUTORIAL 2-5: Creating simultaneously executed instructions

2.7 Exporting Your Code for Printing

2.8 Exporting an Alice World to Video

Review Questions

Chapter 3 Variables, Functions, Math, and Strings

3.1 Variables

TUTORIAL 3-1: Creating and using a variable

TUTORIAL 3-2: Creating a set instruction for a variable

3.2 Using Functions

TUTORIAL 3-3: Calling an ask user function

TUTORIAL 3-4: Using a proximity function

3.3 Creating Math Expressions

TUTORIAL 3-5: Using math to avoid collisions

3.4 Working with Strings and Text

TUTORIAL 3-6: Converting a Number variable to a string

Review Questions

Chapter 4 Decision Structures

4.1 Boolean Values

4.2 The If/Else Decision Struc