Java For Kids – A Computer Programming Tutorial
JAVA FOR KIDS is a beginning programming tutorial consisting of 10 chapters explaining (in simple, easy-to-follow terms) how to build a Java application. Students learn about project design, object-oriented programming, console applications, graphics applications and many elements of the Java language. Numerous examples are used to demonstrate every step in the building process. The tutorial also includes several detailed computer projects for students to build and try. These projects include a
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A fantastic introduction,
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A poor book for kids and not at all as advertised,
First about the deceptive part: it says it uses “a combination of over 400 pages of FULL-COLOR notes” (in bold in the description!) That’s just nonsense. The only full color is a few scattered pages showing graphics output. There are also scattered screenshot snippets with a blue title bar and occasional color within. That’s it for color. Period. The bulk of the pages are simply black text on a white background. We could see this before buying it if they supported Amazon’s “Look Inside” for this book, but they don’t.
So if you were expecting something colorful and fun to engage the kids and make the concepts clearer, that’s not this book. In fact there’s very little formatting. The book is largely a long stream of text with interspersed Java code, page after page. The lines are widely spaced, maybe that’s what they mean when they say it’s for kids.
For kids (early teenagers?) I’d also expect the lessons to quickly and repeatedly get hands-on, eg try this and then explain it. Most kids don’t have the patience to read and understand pages of text without actually interacting with it.
In short and most importantly, there’s nothing here that makes this a more effective entry for kids to learn programming.
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Software is no longer supported,
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