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@rbanffy, you and I are on the same page with this one. I just commented in the other section with something along the same lines: "I saw this on twitter this
by jqueryin 16y ago
@rbanffy, you and I are on the same page with this one. I just commented in the other section with something along the same lines:
"I saw this on twitter this morning and noticed a glaring similarity in the GUI design and that of MIT's SCRATCH programming language geared at teaching children how to program. They both utilize the concept of visually displaying code segments as "building blocks" which fit together like puzzle pieces to give a visual representation of whether or not code will work.
I commend the approach to get more parties interested in programming and mobile web application development. Perhaps this opens up a whole new world of potential for getting mobile applications development into the classroom at a very young age. On the downside, we might end up with an influx of even crappier Android applications in the market. I already have a hard enough time filtering through the crapplications as it is.
Here's the link to SCRATCH for those unaware:"
http://scratch.mit.edu/ http://scratch.mit.edu/
- jamesbritt 16y ago'They both utilize the concept of visually displaying code segments as "building blocks" which fit together like puzzle pieces to give a visual representation of whether or not code will work.' Sounds like Lego Mindstorms as well.
- giantfuzzypanda 16y agoThings like Lego Mindstorms help kids move on to the next step - maybe Visual Basic or Python. No one starts off with programming, it's usually WYSIWYG or similar paradigms.
- jamesbritt 16y ago"No one starts off with programming, it's usually WYSIWYG or similar paradigms." Or Excel. People do the weirdest things with it, folks who would be perplexed if you suggested that their improvised use of a spreadsheet made them a hacker.