This creative approach to learning C++ programming introduces readers to Karel the Robot and then shows them how to design programs that instruct Karel to perform complex tasks. Karel's world is essentially a practice field on which readers learn valuable lessons about creating and debugging program. The programs instruct the robot to move and manipulate its environment using object orientation.
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This creative approach to learning C++ programming introduces readers to Karel the Robot and then shows them how to design programs that instruct Karel to perform complex tasks. Karel's world is essentially a practice field on which readers learn valuable lessons about creating and debugging program. The programs instruct the robot to move and manipulate its environment using object orientation.
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Great Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming Concepts,
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This review is from: Karel++: A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Object-Oriented Programming (Paperback)
I was looking for a way to introduce my students to object-oriented programming without scaring them out of the class in the first 10 minutes. Karel the Robot is a powerful aid to teaching because it has a very limited vocabulary, which is easily extensible and encourages students to build their own components quickly. It is a great way to introduce concepts that will be directly analogous in C++ and Java. The examples and problem sets in the book provide a rich resource of ideas. Although some of the concepts can difficult such as recursion, this is a great book for teaching structured logic to students from high school through collage level.
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A Decent but very basic intro to C++,
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This book is meant for the earliest of beginning programmers. If you have any programming experience whatsoever, even with macros, the information in this book will seem extrememly remedial. Also, some of the terms used aren't even real C++ code, so you'll have to adjust your thinking just a little when you move on. Finally, the price is pretty steep for the amount of information you get. I would probably only recommend this book for someone needing a very, very, VERY gentle intro to programming.
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Quickly learn the Concepts and Theories behind C++ and Java,
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With the use of this book and associated software, one can master the C++ or Java language in no time at all! It uses the analagy of a Robot, and the simple classes that operate it. Due to the fact that it has simple classes, time is not wasted trying to remember the many classes and their functions, and the reader immediatly begins programming the Robot. The Karel++ language has the Syntax of C++, and is Object Oriented (just like Java and C++). This is a must buy for anyone getting into programming, or just learning OOP (Object Oriented Programming)!
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Robots live in a world that is unexciting by today's standards (there are no volcanoes, Chinese restaurants, or symphony orchestras), but it does include enough variety to allow robots to perform simply stated, yet interesting tasks. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
error shutoff, main task block, writing robot programs, one beeper, fence post problem, following new instruction, southern boundary wall, more beepers, robot class, execution equivalence, robot programming language, two beepers, current corner, using stepwise refinement, robot instructions, execution equivalent, intent error, test reversal, understandable programs, mile walker, primitive instructions, robot world, decision map, move instruction, loop instruction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Avenues Figure, Beeper Controller, Beeper Finder, Extending the Robot Programming Language, Lost Beeper Mine, Redo Problem, Beeper Sweeper, Field Harvester, Doing Arithmetic, Large Program Written, Long Harvester, Avenues Avenues Fig, Boolean Checker Robot, Getter Tony, Harvester Mark, Putter Lisa New!
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Robots live in a world that is unexciting by today's standards (there are no volcanoes, Chinese restaurants, or symphony orchestras), but it does include enough variety to allow robots to perform simply stated, yet interesting tasks. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
error shutoff, main task block, writing robot programs, one beeper, fence post problem, following new instruction, southern boundary wall, more beepers, robot class, execution equivalence, robot programming language, two beepers, current corner, using stepwise refinement, robot instructions, execution equivalent, intent error, test reversal, understandable programs, mile walker, primitive instructions, robot world, decision map, move instruction, loop instruction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Avenues Figure, Beeper Controller, Beeper Finder, Extending the Robot Programming Language, Lost Beeper Mine, Redo Problem, Beeper Sweeper, Field Harvester, Doing Arithmetic, Large Program Written, Long Harvester, Avenues Avenues Fig, Boolean Checker Robot, Getter Tony, Harvester Mark, Putter Lisa New!
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- Karel The Robot: A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Programming by Richard E. Pattis in Front Matter
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