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Unlike the "workflow systems" you mention, non-programmers make audio-visual art using Max/MSP/Jitter and kids make stuff using Scratch/BYOB. Both have been rat
by aufreak3 14y ago
Unlike the "workflow systems" you mention, non-programmers make audio-visual art using Max/MSP/Jitter and kids make stuff using Scratch/BYOB. Both have been rather successful in engaging non-programmers of various age groups. So we do have evidence of "visual" interactive programming working well for some people.
- mattmanser 14y agoI don't deny it's a useful learning tool, my first exposure to programming was a Turtle robot you could program to draw stuff when I was 5 or 6! It's just a very, very long distance yet from producing the kind of code that we all produce day-to-day now.
- aufreak3 14y agoI'm not sure what "kind of code that we all produce day-to-day" you're referring to, but Max being priced at $400 per license suggests it isn't only a "useful learning tool". Do checkout http://cycling74.com http://cycling74.com and see whether the long distance could be the other way for these kinds of applications.