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Luna visual programming language beta release

41 points by kryptiskt 9y ago

TailorJones 9y ago
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=luna&sort=byDate&prefix=false&page=0&dateRange=last24h&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=luna&sort=byDate&prefix=false&...
cs702 9y ago
Duplicate: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16163769 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16163769
sytelus 9y ago
I'm looking for visual language that does not require ability to read (except, say, knowing numbers 1 to 10). Does anything like this exist? I looked at Spark but that doesn't fall in to this category. The idea is as follows: Devices like tablets and smartphones are naturally usable by 4-year old with minimal and even no instructions even if they can't read yet. Is there a visual programming language that can be implemented on such devices that is usable by just 4 year old?
- dogma1138 9y ago
  Logical operations require the ability to read if not English than at least some form of formal grammar.
- seanmcdirmid 9y ago
  You would need to find a pre-literate VPL, like Kidsym, or maybe Hands. Those are research languages, but there seem to be a lot of pre-literate visual data-flow and block languages out there these days, none of them is especially popular but they work fine in their own way.
- markwhiting 9y ago
  Scratch requires only a very basic understanding of terms, and has been widely extended, as in translated to many languages and perhaps completely visual versions have been made. Here's a link to the base project → https://scratch.mit.edu https://scratch.mit.edu
- zyxzevn 9y ago
  Sadly, I am still working on that.. My thoughts are on www.reddit.com/r/unseen_programming Its structure is very similar to Luna. Instead of popup-lists, you can drag-drop functions into the program and connect them with lines. But I don't know from what age it will work, they still must learn some symbols. +,- etc. Alternatively, you could let them try fun computer-games that are close to programming. Like factoria.

41 points by kryptiskt 9y ago

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=luna&sort=byDate&prefix=false&page=0&dateRange=last24h&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=luna&sort=byDate&prefix=false&...

cs702 9y ago

Duplicate: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16163769 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16163769

sytelus 9y ago

I'm looking for visual language that does not require ability to read (except, say, knowing numbers 1 to 10). Does anything like this exist? I looked at Spark but that doesn't fall in to this category. The idea is as follows: Devices like tablets and smartphones are naturally usable by 4-year old with minimal and even no instructions even if they can't read yet. Is there a visual programming language that can be implemented on such devices that is usable by just 4 year old?

dogma1138 9y ago
Logical operations require the ability to read if not English than at least some form of formal grammar.
seanmcdirmid 9y ago
You would need to find a pre-literate VPL, like Kidsym, or maybe Hands. Those are research languages, but there seem to be a lot of pre-literate visual data-flow and block languages out there these days, none of them is especially popular but they work fine in their own way.
markwhiting 9y ago
Scratch requires only a very basic understanding of terms, and has been widely extended, as in translated to many languages and perhaps completely visual versions have been made. Here's a link to the base project → https://scratch.mit.edu https://scratch.mit.edu
zyxzevn 9y ago
Sadly, I am still working on that.. My thoughts are on www.reddit.com/r/unseen_programming Its structure is very similar to Luna. Instead of popup-lists, you can drag-drop functions into the program and connect them with lines. But I don't know from what age it will work, they still must learn some symbols. +,- etc. Alternatively, you could let them try fun computer-games that are close to programming. Like factoria.