Ch 1 alice

Chapter 1An Introduction to Programming with Alice

The Alice InterfaceThe Alice Interface

An Introduction to Programming with Alice


Startup Screen Startup Screen



Startup Screen Startup Screen

Welcome to Alice!Welcome to Alice!windowwindow



Welcome to Alice! WindowWelcome to Alice! Window

Five tabs:Five tabs:

•TutorialTutorial

•Recent WorldsRecent Worlds

•TemplatesTemplates

•ExamplesExamples

•Open a WorldOpen a World



•TutorialTutorial



•Recent WorldsRecent Worlds



•TemplatesTemplates



•ExamplesExamples



•Open a WorldOpen a World



Five Main Areas Five Main Areas

• Object treeObject tree

• Details areaDetails area

• World window World window

• Editor areaEditor area

• Events areaEvents area




• Object treeObject tree




• Details areaDetails area




• World window World window




• Editor areaEditor area




• Events areaEvents area



Alice Tools for Deleting and CopyingAlice Tools for Deleting and Copying

• Trash CanTrash Can

• ClipboardClipboard



Alice Tools for Deleting and CopyingAlice Tools for Deleting and Copying

• Trash CanTrash Can



Alice Tools for Deleting and Copying Alice Tools for Deleting and Copying

• ClipboardClipboard



Alice Editing ButtonsAlice Editing Buttons

• UndoUndo

• RedoRedo




• UndoUndo




• RedoRedo



Alice Menu BarAlice Menu Bar




• FileFile

• EditEdit

• ToolsTools

• Help Help




• File menuFile menu




• Edit menuEdit menu




• Tools menuTools menu




• Help menuHelp menu


Playing an Alice WorldPlaying an Alice World

Click the play Click the play button on the button on the standard Alice standard Alice interface to play interface to play the current the current world.world.

Play buttonPlay button


The World Running WindowThe World Running Window

The world will The world will

play in a play in a World World

Running Running window window

appearing over appearing over

the standard the standard

Alice Interface.Alice Interface.



The The World World Running Running window window has viewer has viewer controls at the controls at the top of the top of the window.window.


The World Running WindowThe World Running WindowThey include:They include:

• Speed Slider Speed Slider controlcontrol

• Pause buttonPause button

• Resume buttonResume button

• Restart buttonRestart button

• Stop buttonStop button

• Take Picture Take Picture buttonbutton


The World Running WindowThe World Running WindowSpeed Slider Speed Slider

controlcontrol

Used to speed up Used to speed up the world during the world during testing and testing and developmentdevelopment



Pause button Pause button

Will pause the Will pause the playing world, playing world, like the pause like the pause button on a CD button on a CD playerplayer



Resume button Resume button

Will continue Will continue playing the world playing the world from where it from where it pausedpaused



Restart button Restart button

Will restart the Will restart the world from the world from the beginningbeginning



Stop button Stop button

will stop the will stop the world from world from playing and playing and return you to the return you to the standard Alice standard Alice interfaceinterface



Take Picture Take Picture button button

Used to capture Used to capture

an image of an image of

currently playing currently playing

worldworld




The image file The image file

name and name and

location are location are

preset on the preset on the

preferences tab preferences tab

on Alice’s file on Alice’s file

menumenu




The defaults are:The defaults are:

Filename:Filename: capture00.jpgcapture00.jpg

Location:Location: desktopdesktop



A dialog window will appear to show you A dialog window will appear to show you the saved file’s name and locationthe saved file’s name and location

The defaults are:The defaults are:

Filename:Filename: capture00.jpgcapture00.jpg

Location:Location: desktopdesktop

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