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As an educator and non-programmer, I would love a "tool for making tools". I'm constantly introduced to new tools being made for me that don't actually solve my
by germinalphrase 8y ago
As an educator and non-programmer, I would love a "tool for making tools". I'm constantly introduced to new tools being made for me that don't actually solve my problems. Let me define what would make my work more efficient/effective.
- walterbell 8y agoWhich tools-for-tools have you tried? Any thoughts on LiveCode (https://livecode.com https://livecode.com, modern day Hypercard) or Jupyter notebooks?
- germinalphrase 8y agoI haven't tried either of those, but I'll give them a look. You believe a non-programmer could use them effectively?
- disqard 8y agoIf you happen to have time and are curious, I'd like to point you at BlockStudio [1], a text-free visual programming language that's aimed at beginners learning to code. Disclosure: It's my own research work, and definitely "work in progress". [1] www.blockstud.io
- germinalphrase 8y agoI'll have time in a few weeks when school lets out. Thank you for the suggestion.
- disqard 8y agoGentle reminder, in case you happen to have time now (or soon).
- walterbell 8y agoThe first one is the modern incarnation of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard, the 30-year old hypermedia precursor of web and wiki navigation, which was used by many non-programmers. The second one is the current open-source leader in academic instruction, since it enables live feedback between code changes and the instructional notebook. It has attracted a large community of academic users, but I don’t know if it’s suitable for long term projects.