Pencil Code: A Programming Primer
David Bau III
Dec 2013 · David Bau
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This elegant programming primer teaches K-12 students to code through more than 100 graded examples, each one illustrated in color. The second edition includes an appendix with a tutorial in CoffeeScript.
Written by a computer scientist to teach his own children to program, the book is designed for inductive learning. The illustrated programs come with no expository text. Instead, the sequence of projects introduce increasingly sophisticated concepts by example. Each one invites customization and exploration.
The book begins by suggesting a simple program to draw a line. Subsequent pages introduce core concepts in computer science: loops, functions, recursion, input and output, numbers and text, and data structures. The more advanced material introduces concepts in randomness, animation, HTML5, jQuery, networking, and artificial intelligence.
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SUOMYNONA
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April 2, 2015
This book simplifies code at its most basic level, making it easy for any one to learn. This book shouldn't simply be for k-12 either. Anyone who is learning to program should read this to understand the basic concepts of what any programming language is made of.
5 people found this review helpful
Mainu Kurmi
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May 13, 2020
This book opened the easiest way for me to learn programming. Am so glad to find this book.
Eric VanHelene
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January 7, 2019
Very thoughtful and detailed. Covers the bases well, includes worked out examples relevant to a spectrum of interests and abilities.
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