Genre: Programming & Databases
Paperback: 239 pages

Description: Karel J Robot is an introduction to object-oriented programming in Java for novices.

Synopsis:

Karel J Robot will teach you the fundamentals of object-oriented programming in a few weeks as it has for thousands of others.

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Karel J Robot provides an uncluttered setting for laying the foundation for all of the key OO concepts. The perfect "starter" for understanding objects, OO design and OO programming.
- Mike Goldweber, Xavier University

Karel J Robot: A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Object-Oriented Programming in Java takes you on a well-sequenced and thoughtful journey through the essential concepts in a first semester computer science course. Experience computer science at the level that it is most inspiring the conceptual level. The visual environment will help you teach and your students learn because everyone will have immediate visual feedback, enabling them to see what they are doing. You will leave the Karel world with a deep understanding of polymorphism, inheritance, abstraction, modularization, and step-wise refinement, to name just a few topics. If you are an AP Computer Science teacher, you have just found the perfect guide to help ensure you do not lose sight of the forest (i.e., computer science) through the trees (i.e., the details of the language).
- Dave Wittry, Troy High School, Fullerton California

KarelJRobot is an excellent introduction to modern computer science, without letting students get overwhelmed by the details of a programming language (even though it is real Java). KJR provides a framework for understanding Object-Oriented Programming from the very beginning. Students are encouraged to develop problem-solving skills by producing projects that solve very complex problems with a relatively small set of tools.
- Don Slater, Carnegie-Mellon University

I have been successfully introducing students in grades 9 through 12 to programming using Karel for the past twenty years and Karel J. Robot is the most effective version yet. Students love it! They find principles of OOP (class design, constructors, methods, inheritance, polymorphism) come naturally to them, even before they learn about control structures. They discover recursive solutions without ever being taught recursion. Best of all, Karel is gender neutral --- both girls and boys are so involved and excited that I have to push them out the door and on to their next class when the period ends.
- Kathy Larson, Kingston High School, Kingston New York

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This is an updated printing with corrections, new figures, and a few additional exercises.

Product Details:

· Paperback: 239 pages
· Binding: Perfect
· Publisher: Dream Songs Press (February 2005)
· ISBN: 0970579519
· Product Number: 030-22257089