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Squeak

Learn Programming with Robots

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  • © 2005

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Authors:
  1. Stéphane Ducasse
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  • Fun and easy-to-grasp, yet based on solid programming principles of object-oriented programming
  • Visually oriented – teaches programming by commanding turtle to move through loops, variables, procedures, and AI
  • Suitable for any reader, from curious children to adults, who’d like a gentle, methodical approach to core programming concepts

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. Getting Started

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Installation and Creating a Robot

      Pages 3-12

    3. A First Script and Its Implications

      Pages 13-28

    4. Of Robots and Men

      Pages 29-35

    5. Directions and Angles

      Pages 37-49

    6. Pica’s Environment

      Pages 51-60

    7. Fun with Robots

      Pages 61-73

  3. Elementary Programming Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Looping

      Pages 77-86

    3. Variables

      Pages 87-99

    4. Digging Deeper into Variables

      Pages 101-108

    5. Loops and Variables

      Pages 109-118

    6. Composing Messages

      Pages 119-132

  4. Bringing Abstraction into Play

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Methods: Named Message Sequences

      Pages 135-147

    3. Combining Methods

      Pages 149-154

    4. Parameters and Arguments

      Pages 155-166

    5. Errors and Debugging

      Pages 167-181

    6. Decomposing to Recompose

      Pages 183-195
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About this book

Are you completely new to programming? Do you want to have fun learning to program?

Squeak: Learn Programming with Robots will teach you core programming concepts based on simple, visual problems that involve manipulation of robots, or "turtles." You will learn basic programming concepts like loops, abstractions, composition, and conditionals.

Each chapter is structured so that it can be turned into a one- or two-hour lab session. And while the structured content explains solid principles of object-oriented programming, you'll just have fun going through the sequence of easy examples with the turtle.

And be sure to check out BotsInc, the companion learning environment for this book.

About the author

Stephane Ducasse obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis and his habilitation at the University of Paris VI. He was recipient of the SNF 2002 Professeur Boursier Award. He is now a professor at the Universit de Savoie. Ducasse has written several books in French and English. Ducasse's fields of interests include reflective systems design, object-oriented language design, software component composition, application implementation and design, and object-oriented application reengineering. He is the main developer of the Moose reengineering environment. Ducasse also loves programming in Smalltalk and serves as president of the European Smalltalk User Group. He is committed to the Squeak community.

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