Lab 6: Getting Started With Alice and JavaScript

Alice: Getting Used to Working with Objects.

If it is not already installed, install the program Alice on the machine in the lab. To do this, go to the P drive and click on the file Alice99Install.exe. Follow the installation instructions and then make sure you reboot the machine.
Work through at least part of the tutorial.
When you are comfortable with the idea of objects, animations, and events, try creating a simple animation of your own.

Getting stated with JavaScript.

Finish your Alice animation.
Before you come to lab, carefully read Chapter 1 of your JavaScript text.
Learn the terminology such as classes, objects, etc that are discussed in Chapter 1 and on the javascript web page for our class.Skim the list of objects, properties, methods, and event handlers listed in Appendix A in the tables on p. 258 and 261.
Work through all of the examples in Chapter 2 up to at least page 21.