Imparare a programmare in Java con Minecraft (Kids programming)

by Andy Hunt

Questo manuale insegna la programmazione in Java nel mondo di Minecraft. La teoria è ridotta all'essenziale per dare spazio a progetti pratici mirati a scrivere plug-in che danno vita a oggetti spettacolari come mucche fiammeggianti (flaming cows), creeper volanti, portali per il teletrasporto e molte altre funzionalità divertenti. Per questo viene utilizzata la libreria CanaryMod, gratuitamente disponibile per tutti gli appassionati di Minecraft. Dopo le prime pagine dedicate a preparare quello che serve, il lettore vedrà velocemente il suo codice manipolare e controllare gli elementi dell'ambiente grafico 3D senza dover scrivere complicati programmi o studiare difficili framework. Alla fine di ogni capitolo un comodo riepilogo permette di misurare i progressi fatti. Nessuna esperienza di programmazione è necessaria e l'unico requisito è un computer abbastanza moderno con un sistema operativo Windows, OS X o Linux: nel testo sono quindi presenti tutti i riferimenti per scaricare e installare il software necessario.

Genres: Technology, Programming

344 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 3, 2014

About the author

see also Andrew Hunt

Andy Hunt is a programmer turned consultant, author and publisher.
He co-authored the best-selling book "The Pragmatic Programmer",
was one of the 17 founders of the Agile Alliance, and co-founded
the Pragmatic Bookshelf, publishing award-winning and critically
acclaimed books for software developers.

Andy started writing software professionally in early 80's across
diverse industries such as telecommunications, banking, financial
services, utilities, medical imaging, graphic arts, and of course,
the now-ubiquitous web.

Source: Amazon.com

Reviews

[Jeff Gabriel · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was well done, but sadly was based on CraftBukkit. With the death (or nearly) of CraftBukkit the use of this tool for pedagogical reasons is still reasonable but a lot less fun as all new features must be abandoned with no hope of ever including them in your own extensions. Without a hope of setting up a server that friends will want to play, interest in building anything but the rudiments is gone. So, if you are trying to interest a child in programming - great. If you hope that your child will then spend their time building minecraft extensions to some greater degree - not so great.

[Ellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. Great way to teach programming using engaging content and best programming practices. Also like the access to the author via the book's home page on pragprog.com with the discussion forum, so if you get stuck, you can ask questions and not simply get stalled. This is helpful to those new to programming. This may be too basic to those who already know how to program, but is a total gem for those who don't and are learning.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good, but sadly dependent on CraftBukkit which has been taken down.