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> This is so unintuitive! Ideas? Are they strong readers? Code as a narrative of what happens might be easier to grok for them than blocks which can have a sp

• willvarfar 10y ago
  No, they are not even native English speakers :) They started pointing and clicking on computers before they learned to read anyway: http://williamedwardscoder.tumblr.com/post/19500788060/my-tech-savvy-generation http://williamedwardscoder.tumblr.com/post/19500788060/my-te... That was several years ago, and the intervening years they unlearned everything by focusing on the ipad youtube :(
  • e12e 10y ago
    I don't think it's all that unintuitive - I would prefer C to some graphical programming system. Think about it: if the gui programming system was any good it would be used in industry! Beyond the spreadsheet - I don't think we have any successful "graphical" programming systems. And spreadsheets are more of a "4gl" than graphical. Maybe add Hypercard. And Smalltalk (with the object browser etc). But the only real use of "graphical/iconographic" programming is for those that can't read and write. So, 6 years and down? That is, until someone makes a graphical system people will want to use at all ages and level of proficiency. Ok, I guess I can think of a few others: 3d studio max could be seen as a form of graphical programming. As could premier/final cut and flash. And rich manipulation of rich media to "render" new rich media (interactive or not). But notice that with the partial exception of flash we don't call this "graphical programming".