Karel The Robot: A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Programming
Since 1981, Karel the Robot has been instructing students in the delicate practice of programming. With all sorts of new ways to teach programming, is the Karel method still valid? As long as introductory programming is about learning to think, there's room for Karel and his universe. You learn in the beginning about Karel's world and how to move him around ever so carefully in his streets and avenues. From these simple steps, you learn how to improve Karel's programming vocabulary so that you can do more with less code. You then advance to conditional statements and more complicated repeating instructions, ending up with skills such as ordering your robot to search his space for objects. Karel proves that a lot of programming expertise can be taught with a few well-chosen exercises and an emphasis on logical thinking and clean programming. Let's hope Karel the Robot never ends up on the junk heap.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.