Linux Users' Group of Davis - "2009.04.20 Photos"

2009.04.20


Meeting Minutes

Cameron Tully-Smith
Alice: Beginners programming environment

Davis Public Library

Photos by Bill Kendrick


Cameron begins his talk.


The initial crowd.


Cameron Tully-Smith.


Shot of Wanda Dann of Ithaca College during the Alice promo video Cameron played.


Major decline in incoming Computer Science majors.


More of the LUGOD attendees.


Randy Pausch in the promo video.


Steve Cooper in the promo video.


A demo program in Alice: a mini flight simulator.


Looking at some of the code in Alice's language within the IDE.


Opening another project in Alice.


A simple skeleton animation Cameron programmed.


Playing the animation.


Adding a new step to this method. Note that object movements are expressed in meters (not pixels).


Alice's tutorials explain, step-by-step, the different parts of the IDE, the demo program, and what you can do to change the program's behavior.


Launch your program by clicking "Play."


Watching Cameron alter a program.


The download page at alice.org. Alice is available for Windows, Mac and Linux!


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Last updated: 2009 Apr 21 19:57