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Yes, _but_... why did you create this educational language? [I have experience defining a new language syntax and with programming education] Why do you think
by amitport 8y ago
Yes, _but_... why did you create this educational language?
[I have experience defining a new language syntax and with programming education]
Why do you think it is better to use some new language than to teach using something like coffeescript / scala / groovy? (which with a proper API can be very similar to your DSL)
using a real language you get:
1) tooling
2) ecosystem and community
3) you teach something real that can be used directly elsewhere
(I'm just wondering, it's a very nice project in any case)
- chkas 8y ago> why did you create this educational language? I also have experience with programming education. I was asked to recommend a programming language to a 14 year old newbie. My answer was Scratch, Alice or Python. But this is not what I would be happy with as a beginner. I learned programming a the olden times with BASIC on a home computer. But things have become more complicated since then. I then started to design a simple IDE and programming language. I was thinking about using an existing language, but it would have made it more complicated. There are so many languages/framworks at the moment, the chance that you work in your job with exactly what you learn in school is not very big anyway. > 1) tooling 2) ecosystem and community In my opinion, this only distracts from concentrating on the essentials. Meanwhile I can work productively with the language myself. Developing these games in Javascript would have been too time-consuming.
- amitport 8y agoI still think that you would get more results/traction with a more established language but it was interesting to read your perspective. Thank you