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#1 2009-07-10 22:55:29
- AlanProjects
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Scratch 2 Programming: A guide I'll be making
I think i'll be making a guide to moving on to computer programming. I have the start of it written already, so I think I will announce new progress and a link to the guide when it is done in this thread. Suggestions are welcome for more topics! This is gonna be HUGE!
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Announcements
I added Visual Basic to languages.
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Topics that will be covered:
Using text-editors to write programs
Compilers
Interpreters and Scripting Languages
Object-Oriented programming
Web programming (HTML, Javascript, CSS, CGI, PHP, ASP, JSP, etc.)
A sample(Short intro program and info passage) of many languages(C, C++, Objective C, Visual Basic, Ruby, Python, Smalltalk/Squeak)
A guide on where to start for Mac programming with GUI (Xcode/Cocoa)(Sorry windows users!)
+ A lot more!
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Progress
Completed:
Table of Contents
Intro
Compilers/Interpreters/Partially-Compiled languages 50% done
Object Oriented Programming
Incomplete/Unfinished:
Too much too list...
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Last edited by AlanProjects (2009-07-21 06:14:16)
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#3 2009-07-10 23:02:09
Re: Scratch 2 Programming: A guide I'll be making
My old teacher's site has some cool info on some of those things
http://www.dfstermole.net/
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#4 2009-07-10 23:04:24
- Blade-Edge
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Re: Scratch 2 Programming: A guide I'll be making
lol arch i rearranged the letters in that link
will there be a guide to virtual basic?
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#5 2009-07-11 06:20:59
Re: Scratch 2 Programming: A guide I'll be making
This sounds good, but it is too big a task to write about all the languages, why not do a breif explanation of all, then an in-depth guide in C. After all all these languages were based on it:
Java
C++
Objective-C
C#
PHP
Javascript!
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#7 2009-07-12 16:01:38
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Re: Scratch 2 Programming: A guide I'll be making
Blade-Edge wrote:
lol arch i rearranged the letters in that link
will there be a guide to virtual basic?
I forgot about that, i'll try add it.
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#8 2009-07-12 16:03:22
- AlanProjects
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Re: Scratch 2 Programming: A guide I'll be making
djmoomoo wrote:
This sounds good, but it is too big a task to write about all the languages, why not do a breif explanation of all, then an in-depth guide in C. After all all these languages were based on it:
Java
C++
Objective-C
C#
PHP
Javascript!
I figure I could, but seen the C Family (C, C++, Objective C) is so close at the heart, I'll stick with just keeping thode side by side to have a "Taste" of C.
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#9 2009-07-13 02:00:42
Re: Scratch 2 Programming: A guide I'll be making
AlanProjects wrote:
I think i'll be making a guide to moving on to computer programming.
I an a computer programmer and I would move students on to JavaScript after Scratch (or maybe starlogo from MIT) and then on to Java/C# although I know a lot of people out there like python/ruby or php.
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#10 2009-07-13 17:06:54
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Re: Scratch 2 Programming: A guide I'll be making
You may also want to consider Processing, which is free, developed by a couple MIT guys, and offers instant visual feedback while teaching Java syntax:
http://processing.org/
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#11 2009-07-16 08:29:53
Re: Scratch 2 Programming: A guide I'll be making
chalkmarrow wrote:
You may also want to consider Processing, which is free, developed by a couple MIT guys, and offers instant visual feedback while teaching Java syntax:
http://processing.org/
Thanks for the tip. I got it. It's so easy! A good beginners programming lang.
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#12 2009-07-17 14:26:04
- billyedward
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Re: Scratch 2 Programming: A guide I'll be making
Well, I am making a language translation file for javascript (js.po). For instance, the new ask block becomes
Code:
prompt("[what's your name?]");.
Will this help?
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#13 2009-07-19 04:19:42
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Re: Scratch 2 Programming: A guide I'll be making
redware wrote:
AlanProjects wrote:
I think i'll be making a guide to moving on to computer programming.
I an a computer programmer and I would move students on to JavaScript after Scratch (or maybe starlogo from MIT) and then on to Java/C# although I know a lot of people out there like python/ruby or php.
I love Ruby , Anyway, Javascript is more for web scipting then for computer scripting.
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