Alice: Programming for a New Generation

While drag and drop seems like an easy way to get people interested in programming, I can tell you that if my introductory course was replaced with this I would loose all faith in my studies...

I really cannot understand why people are afraid of the console prompt and some lines of text. You will gradually be taught how to read/write code in a class, so why freak out so easily? (Although I easily understand why when I see the debugging sessions some people need)

Would your opinion change if you were ten years old and trying to grasp the concepts of computer programming. Or if you were out of school and trying to self teach basics?. I believe this is a visual concept for learning without the often intimidating command line. I have found this as a very interesting teaching tool that has very much interested my children and drawn there attention. Try teaching a 10 year old the command line approach.

do u no y u beat all of da collage kids? Because they don't give a shit about Alice, just like the real world doesn't give a shit about Alice. Have you ever heard of anything that matters made via Alice? Nope, you sure haven't.

Good try though, kiddo.

I recommend using Alice if you are new to 3D programming. Use it to get a jist of how a 3D programming environment works. But in actuality, it is a lot of coding to do what they are doing in this. To make an object move it takes a lot of coding. It's a good start but if you are interested in game design and Alice is the only program you use, you wont get anywhere. Most games these days involve Java or C++. Other things are masm32.

I think it maybe discouraging in the long run. Once spoiled with drag-n-drop interface and absence of coding, CS students might get scared when they see how much coding it takes to even make an object move across the screen. Or realize that their 15min project in Alice = hours and hours of work in a real compiler/3D editor/photoshop.

It doesnt matter if he cant spell college he still won

Alice is amazing! I've been playing around on it, and if i can do, then anyone can do! It's free to download, too. Fore more info, you can search for "alice programming" on the squidoo website

your 13 and cant spell college nice....

And yet, you can't spell college.