Learning to Program with Alice or Principles of Finance with Excel

Learning to Program with Alice

Author: Wanda Dann

This updated guide supports an innovative approach to fundamental programming concepts. The authors use program visualization to create an easy relationship between program construct and the animation action in a 3D world.  For consistency with Java, C++, and other commonly used languages, "questions" are now "functions." Save and reload bugs have been fixed. Fonts can be scaled larger or smaller. High contrast mode is available for projection in the classroom.  A useful how-to guide for programmers interested in learning Alice.

Table of Contents:

Pt. I Introduction to Alice 1

1 Getting Started with Alice 3

2 Program Design and Implementation 22

3 Programming: Putting Together the Pieces 62

Pt. II Object-Oriented and Event-Driven Programming Concepts 87

4 Classes, Objects, Methods and Parameters 89

5 Interaction: Events and Event Handling 140

Pt. III Using Functions and Control Statements 169

6 Functions and If/Else 171

7 Repetition: Definite and Conditional Loops 208

8 Repetition: Recursion 231

Pt. IV Advanced Topics 257

9 Lists and List Processing 259

10 Variables and Revisiting Inheritance 277

11 What's Next? 306

App. A Using Alice 311

App. B Managing the Alice Interface 330

Index 345

Interesting textbook: The Data Warehouse Toolkit or IT Governance

Principles of Finance with Excel

Author: Simon Benninga

Principles of Finance with Excel is the first textbook that comprehensively integrates Excel into the teaching and practice of finance. This book provides exceptional resources to the instructor and student, combining classroom-tested pedagogy with the full potential of Excel's powerful functions.
In today's business world, computation is done almost wholly in Excel. Excel's ability to combine graphics with computation and perform complex sensitivity analysis with ease provides potent insights into financial problems. Despite this, most finance texts rely heavily on hand-held calculators and ignore Excel. As a result, many students find that after they enter the professional environment, they have to relearn both finance and Excel.
Principles of Finance with Excel is ideal for undergraduate courses in introductory finance or as a reference for finance professionals. A Free In-Text CD for students contains electronic versions of all spreadsheets in the book. A Companion Website -- http://www.oup.com/us/benninga -- contains lecture notes, PowerPoint Slides, and a Test Bank for instructors.