The easiest way to learn how to program

[T.Jackson]

I have three kids playing with this. They think it is much more fun than blinking LEDs
Thanks for sharing it Trent.

But I wonder what you mean.

When I read this.
http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=...rogress_report

No problems. Opps, I think I jumped the gun with that statement about it no longer being updated. The splash screen is dated 2005, so an assumption was made.

[mackrackit]

No problems. Opps, I think I jumped the gun with that statement about it no longer being updated. The splash screen is dated 2005, so an assumption was made.

Well I would have been disappointed if you were correct. I can see this being I will use with my kids even if they did stop development.

Another interesting thing. The system requirements state Win 200, XP, Vista. Storytelling Alice also runs on Win98. The box has a 266mhx cpu and 96 mb ram.

Now I know what to do with my junk pile. I will soon have the neighbor hood kids busy.

[T.Jackson]

Very impressive -- definitely part of what the future holds. Unfortunately Alice isn't a commercial programming language, it's purely intended to be an educational "tool".

[mackrackit]

Very impressive -- definitely part of what the future holds. Unfortunately Alice isn't a commercial programming language, it's purely intended to be an educational "tool".

Thats what I mean. Set up a few of these old machines, haul then to the local library (not allowed to install programs on theirs) and have kids come in and play. The librarian is cool with it too.


The only thing I hope to gain personally from it is a little more floor space in my shop.

[T.Jackson]

Here's another one similar to Alice except that it's more specific to games rather than just an educational tool. Game maker can create standalone executables. http://www.download.com/Game-Maker/3...-10070683.html

Personally, I prefer written syntax, probably because I've been programming for so many years and have become a bit "stuck in my ways", and I find visualizing written syntax problems far easier. Once again -- probably because I've been programming for so long.

But yesterday I finished my first assignment for Alice, hoping for a good mark

[mackrackit]

Personally, I prefer written syntax

Me too. Command line on my linux boxes are my friend.
But seems like most young people these days need the visual.

[T.Jackson]

I reckon it'll be many years before Alice like programming becomes commercial and widely accepted as the way of doing things. Game Maker has a hybrid like schema whereas you can use a combination of drag-and-drop plus written syntax. I think this is the way to go.

[mackrackit]

I reckon it'll be many years before Alice like programming becomes commercial and widely accepted as the way of doing things. Game Maker has a hybrid like schema whereas you can use a combination of drag-and-drop plus written syntax. I think this is the way to go.

I don't know... rhino might think differently with his ladder logic Rockwell icon.
http://www.ab.com/programmablecontro...cosoftpro.html