Scratch

bharvey wrote:

SeptimusHeap wrote:

I like these ones!

Including orange? 

We should be able to change the color.

It is certainly an interesting idea, and I'm thrilled that new users are already trying out Panther. I have a feeling though, that this can be easily achieved using a simple varaible system. You would have two varibles, one for Xorigin and one for Yorigin and you could change or set those varaibles. All you then need is to drop a

(( )+( ))

block into the movevement blocks and drop the X and Y varaibles into it to change the centre.

[set x to (((Xorigin))+(10))]

would set the x position to the chosen origin point + 10.
Does that work?

Last edited by sparks (2010-05-20 09:19:31)

Intersting that you want to introduce your daughter to programming, not particularly conventional, but I do believe that sort of idea very important. As technology becomes further intergrated into our society, Knowing how electronics and programs work becomes increasingly valuable knowlege. I sometimes dispair at my collegues lack of knowledge in anything strongly electronical, one of my tutors does not know what the play, pause and stop symbols look like!

I certainly think that Scratch is an excellent introductory language, and it's still the one I like the most, even now that I have expanded to other languages too. It is simple to usnderstand, yet a surprising amount can be done with it, though not as many things are as first-class as they could be. Another thing that makes scratch so brilliant is that you have a frindly community of thousands of people who will be able to answer almost any question you can think of to do with scratch.

I am obviously tempted to promote Panther right now, as a developer, but I think that if you or she have just started using scratch, it might not be ideal. feel free to look at it, of course, but I recommend leaving Panther as a surprise step when she starts saying things like "I wish I could" or "why is this not a feature" as that is the point where Panther steps in and allows a more interactive system based on all the best parts of Scratch.

I look forward to hearing more from you and am sure you will be a valuable contribution to the community.

sparks wrote:

Another thing that makes scratch so brilliant is that you have a frindly community of thousands of people who will be able to answer almost any question you can think of to do with scratch.

Yes, I was lukewarm about Scratch when I first saw the language (no procedures, leading to horrible spaghetti code in everyone's projects, etc.), but when they showed me the web site I was hooked.  All my effort since then has gone into having my cake and eating it too: a serious programming language, but the Scratch community!

sparks wrote:

... slightly tempted to promote BYOB there bharvey? 

Well, mostly to promote it to you; I'm pointing out that it's one of the things users need, and you guys should incorporate BYOB in Panther.  (My fiendish plan for taking over the world.)

DB88 wrote:

@sparks:  I'm a mechanical engineer by education and career choice.  Programming has only played an occassional role in my career, but I've enjoyed it since I had a Commodore 64 as a freshman in highschool.  My company sponsors a highschool intern program each summer, and the kids get to spend a week with each of several different departments.  When they are assigned to us, we spend the week having them work on Sumobots (google it if you're not familiar).  These kids are hand-picked sophomores and juniors ... bright, inquisitive, and personable.  But when it comes to programming the Sumobots they build, they are absolutely lost, even though there are plenty of examples and the coding is not very difficult.  In discussions with these kids, they've pointed out that despite taking advanced ciriculum in highschool and having computers available to them, they never have the opportunity to learn about programming and go through that type of logic exercise.  My goal is not to force my daughter towards a career path, but I'd like her to at least realize that there is more to computers than just being a user.  Scratch gives her a tool that allows her to learn at her own pace, create "cool stuff" without too much difficulty, and learn from examples others have shared.  After one week now, she's comfortable with the interface and has fun making simple, linear programs.  If she wants to do more, I'm there to help.  My interest in Panther is for me     I already see the limitations that exist in Scratch, and at least for now re-sparking my interest in programming is my current favorite hobby! ^_^

One satisfied customer/user. 

sparks wrote:

Well I'm very happy that you enjoy Panther. As Panthr projects cannot be uploaded to the scratch site, you may like to know that we have our own sharing feature for our users. It's simple to register, here's the link register to share
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Guys, I'm not connected to dropbox here    only got general internet    but I do have email so I can continue to deal with registrations.

Anything new going on?

Nothing much, weren't you going to connect me to emails? If you already have, just say so please, because I don't know ATM.

sparks wrote:

Sorry Sperry, should have mentioned that    I think I can cover the emails while i'm here, there are lots of computers so It's probably easier if I keep doing it    thanks for offering to do it though    I'm sure you can do some in a week or so when I go back to switzerland for a week 

anyone know how to exit fullscreen in internet explorer? I normally use firefox and a cat just walked over my keyboard and turned it on 

1) I just thought it'd be easier. And I can keep in touch better with the team    . Oh well, never mind.

2) F11 

Whops...a typo in my glitch report.
Second glitch report, second time I had to post here because of it

I meant Dev Developed, not Featured Projects (there are no featured projects    ).

terminator68 wrote:

Are there any screenshots?

Why do you need screenshots when its been released?

sparks wrote:

rossyboyfilm wrote:

markyparky56 wrote:

So have I!

OH lol coincidence are you going to put the download links on the panther site?

...Yeah, that's why I wasn't too sure what to do when you told us you'd nade an installer    Not sure what to do, we might use a mixture of both, though your contribution is certainly apprecaited 

Is your (MP and rossyboy) installer effectively ready to go?

We might wait and do a few bug fixes and then release the installer with 1.1? how's that sound?

My installers in the dropbox folder. In the folder name Panther Installer. I can make a new one when we release a new version.

@Rossyboyfilm
Do I remember you saying that your one has an advert in it?

markyparky56 wrote:

@Rossyboyfilm
Do I remember you saying that your one has an advert in it?

Where is the download link for your installer?

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

I'm not on the panther team but I know where it is...

(download panther 1.0)

Is that what you wanted?

no wrong link dont worry