Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a freely available teaching tool designed to be a student’s first exposure to object-oriented programming. It allows students to learn fundamental programming concepts in the context of creating animated movies and simple video games.
For more information and FREE download: http://www.alice.org
To support the work of the Alice team, visit: http://www.cmu.edu/giving/give.shtml?PCH=626
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September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
And yet, you can’t …
And yet, you can’t spell college.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Wow, a 13-year old …
Wow, a 13-year old who can’t spell ‘college’ beat a bunch of actual college students?
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
I cant download 2.2 …
I cant download 2.2 because the page is offline i think.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
it’s amazing! its a …
, its amazing to those kids, and schools are starting to adapt it now, luckily for me, they have just brought Alice to my High School and has been in other colleges\ grade schools! so obviously its working and to some not boring, i have yet to try it, but looks promising!
it’s amazing! its a great step up for people who are beginners to Computer Programming. it might seem boring to you but to many people its like “I just made some 3D thing move on the screen and i programmed it by myself”
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
iam 13 and i made a …
iam 13 and i made a game out of this its no slow or anythign controls are simple it was hard but in the end i won 2nd place in the collage level compation of this i say again COLLAGE LEVEL i beat about 20 other COLLAGE kids ^_^ i made the graphics so good some guys there offered me a collage class to make movies. I CANT WAIT!!!!!
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
r.i.p. randy
r.i.p. randy
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
how dare you! the …
how dare you! the guy who made this just died! and it wasn’t made for us anyways! what a disrespectfull thing to say!
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Alice is horrible …
Alice is horrible program because I tried it. its boring.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
relax maitrelame2 …
relax maitrelame2 Most people use Alice as intro software for people with little or no experience programming. No one using Alice is going to take your job so just calm down.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
wait do you use …
wait do you use version 2.0 or 2.2? Which one should I use since I am a mac user? is 2.2 currently on Beta or is it stable?
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Nothing has a …
Nothing has a learning curve.
Alice isn’t a good approach.
And most of your arguments are pointless.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
that statement isnt …
that statement isnt very true.
i was learing how to code in c++ in 1 week.
i only quit because i never had any time to work on it
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Its not easy …
Its not easy learning C++ but you can do it.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Apparently too many …
Apparently too many people fail using that method.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Yes but why not …
Yes but why not learn logic with code.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
I think it’s not …
I think it’s not about the code, but more about understanding the logic.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Give me code or …
Give me code or give me DEATH.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Actually that is …
Actually that is not the full quote from the article Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years. The rest of the sentence says, “older learners might also enjoy [Alice].”
Bottom line: don’t be a programming snob. Not everyone who is learning about programming is interested in being a professional programmer.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Hhhmmmm. it says …
But as i said above i am not knocking Alice. Great tool. But… real programmers know its just not enough. Please, i recommend using it but please do not rely on it, you will be a weak programmer. Full stop.
Hhhmmmm. it says that if your age is in the single digits, Alice is reccommended.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
I ume you are …
I ume you are getting the statement “there is no way to learn to write meaningful programs in less than ten years” from the well known article How to learn to program in ten years. That same article also recommends Alice as introduction to programming.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Maybe the video …
. Clarity people. I don’t understand what you want to say if you don’t. There is no way to learn to write meaningful programs in less than ten years. And BTW…I am a programmer, been one since 1988 :). I know what I’m talking about.
Maybe the video should be clearer. For programmers not saying “Making syntax errors” is a big no no
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
You can’t make a …
You can’t make a syntax error, but you can make plenty of errors in logic. Maybe you should know more about something before shooting your mouth off.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Cannot make a …
Cannot make a mistake???? That is essential to the programming experience. To writing meaning ful programs. To understand why your lines of code do what they do. Maybe even find new ways to do it.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Ever heard of …
Ever heard of system API ?
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Yes, maybe we …
Yes, maybe we should go back to punch cards while we are at it!