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Great. My Fourteen years old son, just went back to Minecraft Leaving Fortnite Land. Is is doing elaborate constructions. I was planning to use it to teach him

by neves 6y ago

Great. My Fourteen years old son, just went back to Minecraft Leaving Fortnite Land. Is is doing elaborate constructions. I was planning to use it to teach him programming. After reading a lot about Minecraft Edu and installed it, I discovered it is just for schools. You can't buy it. Make Code looks like a better option: https://minecraft.makecode.com/ https://minecraft.makecode.com/ These presentations from Microsoft Build conference look great but I still hadn't time to watch: Make Code with Blocks https://mybuild.microsoft.com/sessions/3d1f48b8-54de-4af4-a4db-b25943d73cf9?source=sessions https://mybuild.microsoft.com/sessions/3d1f48b8-54de-4af4-a4... Make Code with Python https://mybuild.microsoft.com/sessions/256b9486-d200-4ed6-9964-07cfd6f29dda?source=sessions https://mybuild.microsoft.com/sessions/256b9486-d200-4ed6-99... The greatest problem with these resources is that they use the XBox Microsoft version, instead of the Java. Maybe this Mod book will be the best thing.

Assossa 6y ago
If you want a good stepping stone between visual programming and Java, check out mods like ComputerCraft [1] or OpenComputers [2]. They add simple computers into the game that can be programmed with Lua. There is also a version of ComputerCraft that has basic visual programming and a simplified Lua interface [3]. [1] https://www.computercraft.info https://www.computercraft.info [2] https://ocdoc.cil.li https://ocdoc.cil.li [3] http://computercraftedu.com http://computercraftedu.com
- neves 6y ago
  Great tip. ComputerCraftEdu looks really cool. I'll try it. The greatest incentive it to let them use it in the server I've already created for them. They will love it!
novaleaf 6y ago
I figured there must be some tool for creating Minecraft Mods that was better than notepad. and it seems like I found one: https://mcreator.net/ https://mcreator.net/ with that you can create mods/adons for java or bedrock editions.

by neves 6y ago

Assossa 6y ago

If you want a good stepping stone between visual programming and Java, check out mods like ComputerCraft [1] or OpenComputers [2]. They add simple computers into the game that can be programmed with Lua. There is also a version of ComputerCraft that has basic visual programming and a simplified Lua interface [3]. [1] https://www.computercraft.info https://www.computercraft.info [2] https://ocdoc.cil.li https://ocdoc.cil.li [3] http://computercraftedu.com http://computercraftedu.com

neves 6y ago
Great tip. ComputerCraftEdu looks really cool. I'll try it. The greatest incentive it to let them use it in the server I've already created for them. They will love it!

novaleaf 6y ago

I figured there must be some tool for creating Minecraft Mods that was better than notepad. and it seems like I found one: https://mcreator.net/ https://mcreator.net/ with that you can create mods/adons for java or bedrock editions.