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Alice 3 in Action: Computing Through Animation Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Adams, Joel (Author)
ISBN: 1133589227     ISBN-13: 9781133589228
Publisher: Cengage Learning
OUR PRICE:   $178.55  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: February 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Computer Science
- Computers | Computer Graphics
Dewey: 006.696
LCCN: 2013957889
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.2" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 280 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
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.

Contributor Bio(s): Adams, Joel: - 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.