Learn the basics of coding while driving a simulated robot through a maze. By the end of this tutorial, you'll be able to use variables, use Java commands called methods, generate random numbers, and use coding constructs, loops, to instruct the computer to solve repetitive tasks.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Devin Balkcom

Devin Balkcom is a professor in the Computer Science department at Dartmouth college; his primary research area is robotics. Balkcom designed and teaches Dartmouth's CS 1 course, and co-wrote the Khan Academy Algorithms Tutorials with Tom Cormen.

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