Karel the Robot: A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Programming

by Richard E. Pattis

Book Overview

KAREL The Robot teaches students the fundamental concepts and skills of programming, quickly and easily. By emphasizing logic and structure over calculation, it provides a nonthreatening introduction to the central ideas in programming.

This widely praised guide begins by introducing KAREL, a literal-minded robot whos built-in capabilities allow him to explore his world and manipulate simple objects in it. Once students learn...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471597252
• ISBN13: 9780471597254
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Needed it for School

I needed this for school, it was the required reading. Its good for beginning computer programming, dont expect much more than that.

Un excelente libro para principiantes

Tengo 10 años enseñando programación y gracias a Karel ahora mis alumnos entienden la programación más facilmente. Lo que facilita el aprendizaje de lenguajes más avanzados.Es muy importante contar con el software para poder llevar a la práctica los conceptos, este es libre de costo si se utiliza en la Universidad, funciona muy bien y sin problemas en cualquier máquina.Adicionalmente sugiero el diseñar previamente los mundos en el programa para que los alumnos trabajen solo en la programación y no en el diseño y asi no perder el objetivo de Karel.

Richard Pattis is a genius!

This book is very well written and I highly recommend it. It is interesting to read, and very comprehensive. Richard Pattis is my 15-127 professor. (I hope I get an A on the Mastery! ) Thanks.

An excepcional book for beginners in computer programming.

I am a teacher in Universidade Sao Francisco (Itatiba, SP, Brazil), working with Computer Cience undergraduate studants. "Karel, the Robot" is the book we were looking for to introduce programming concepts. Once you started, it is dificult to stop reading: the concepts are presented in a clear and natural manner, from the basic ones to more advanced techniques. All the teachers that take a look in the book share the same opinions: the ideas behind Karel are powerfull and can help the studants to understand the foundations of programming. The primitives, the language and also the interface can easily be adapted to other languages and environments, making this book an exceptional one.