news.bbc.co.uk — "Computer programming has been traditionally seen as something that is beyond most people," said Professor Mitchel Resnick, of MIT. "We have developed Scratch as a new type of programming language, which is much more accessible." Primarily aimed at children, Scratch does not require prior knowledge of complex computer languages.
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amonroyMay 15, 2007
@bryan986:Indeed, there is a connection between Logo, LEGO Mindstorms, Scratch and Squeak. Members of the Scratch team have been involved in those other projects as well as the OLPC and PicoCricket. To learn more go to <a class="user" href="http://llk.media.mit.edu">http://llk.media.mit.edu</a>
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keviniskoolMay 16, 2007
I'm 13 and I still can't grasp the complexities of any programming language...
roybattyMay 16, 2007
Too bad that it's based on Squeak. Seriously, Squeak is so antiquated when it comes to the UI that it's embarrassing. No wonder these Squeak guys are always targeting kids. I guess they figure kids are too stupid to know how fugly it is.
fordiMay 16, 2007
@Purdoom:That would be a problem if I didn't reject any object that wasn't a stdClass.
aprogrammingguyMay 22, 2007
I've only used the default language for my mindstorms projects (both RCX and NXT), but when I first started with RCX code, it seemed difficult. I think the problem with them, and will most likely be with most, if not all, purely visual programming "languages", is their lack of depth. They quickly become restrictive to the point that only simple programs can be written. I can't speak for Scratch, but even the new NXT-G code takes quite a lot of convolution to get anything complex done, and it does it poorly compared to a more traditional language. If this can be overcome, by way of making visual programming much more feature rich and allow for more flexibility, they could become something.
maz2331Jul 24, 2007
Writing code is easy. Writing good, efficient, and maintainable code is really, really, really difficult. Try writing some multithreaded near real-time image analysis code some time....
maz2331Jul 24, 2007
I started with just a little BASIC, but very quickly moved on to Pascal. Great learning language to prepare for coding in C. Actually, I still use some Pascal when I need a quick and dirty program that does string processing, since that's the one area where C is kind of a pain in the butt.Of course, anything serious gets coded in C or C++.
austingriffithJul 24, 2007
It is certainly limited, but the most important part is it gets your mind thinking in code....<a class="user" href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/austingriffith/24200">http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/austingriffith/24200</a>I would have loved this as a kid!
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