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Greenfoot Description

Consider greenfoot as a combination between a framework for creating two-dimensional grid assignments in Java and an integrated development environment

While greenfoot supports the full Java language, it is especially useful for programming exercises that has a visual element. In greenfoot object visualisation and object interaction are the key elements.

If you know BlueJ and a microworld framework (like Karel the Robot or the AP Marine Biology Case Study) consider greenfoot as the best from both: object interaction (BlueJ) and object visualisation (microworlds).

Read on for a more detailed description, or take a look at the screenshots to see what it looks like.
The Framework

The framework can be used to create a wide range of programs that can be visualised in a two-dimensional grid. Popular examples of such programs often used in an educational setting includes: The 8 Queen Puzzle, Karel the Robot, Conway's Game of Life, The AP Marine Biology Case Study and Turtle Graphics,

The framework in greenfoot has two main responsibilities:

1. Make it easy to create graphical representations of objects.
2. Control the execution (start, stop, step) of a simulation loop.

To accomplish these things the greenfoot framework supplies a base class GreenfootObject which should be extended by all classes that wish to visualise themselfes. The two most important methods that must be implemented are the getImage() method which should return the image of the object, and the act() method which will be called in each step of the simulation loop.

When you browse the rest of this page, you will often encounter the term scenario. Scenarios are a set of classes typically created by the teacher/instructor that implements the base classes for a specific application. The idea is that the student gets an interesting framework that can be modified and extended to create even more interesting functionality. A scenario could for instance be one of the programs mentioned above. Below you can see screenshots of a turtle graphics scenario and a Karel the Robot scenario.

Turtle Graphics Scenario
Turtle Graphics Scenario


Karel the Robot scenario
The integrated development environment

The greenfoot environment contains the typical elements of a development environment:

* A source code editor
* A class browser
* Compilation
* Execution control
* A debugger

In addition greenfoot can visualise the objects from a greenfoot scenario, and interact with these. It can control the execution of the execution loop of a greenfoot scenario.

The most important feature of greenfoot that sets it apart from other development environments is the direct interaction.

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