Scratch

Jens wrote:

Hehe, I have actually seen a "Pythonic" translation file from someone. If you put that into the 'locale' folder and select "Pythonic" in the language menu all the Scratch blocks become relabelled to - erm - Python. Very funny, but also cool in a way...

lol. I agree with Jens. I'm a big fan of Python, and of course MIT recently changed their first-year CS class to be Pythonic (away from Scheme/Lisp).

i m going to stay as a part time scratcher i also am shifting to c++(XNA for making direct x projects) there are many e-books and Physical books that can teach c++ then just see XNA tutorials from microsoft site (or a lot of em ccould be found on YOUTUBE)and u r done.

Yes, I havce heard about gcc, but I wasn't exactly sure if there was anything like it in windows.  C source files are just text with a .c at the end. OpenGL, I'll have to look into that. but first I have other things to work on.

If anyone wants to learn C or C++ on a Mac, there's this great SDK that comes on the Mac OS X install disk called XCode.

Erm,The-Whiz:

I would not like to join your forum but here are some helpful resources for you:

http://www.physics.drexel.edu/courses/Comp_Phys/General/C_basics/
http://developer.apple.com/
http://gcc.gnu.org/

coolstuff:

I think Xcode is an IDE. It's also probable easier (but not more user freindly) to learn with GCC. g00gle it.

hibossmail:

Why not!?!

C is really easy, once you get the hang of it. Try that first link I gave The-Whiz. That's where I learned C. And in less than a year, I've created my own FPS! In 3D ! From Scratch! It is boring at the start, but don't give up 

djmoomoo wrote:

coolstuff:

I think Xcode is an IDE. It's also probable easier (but not more user freindly) to learn with GCC. g00gle it.

Eh, whatever. It's an all-around functional thing, so it might even be both.

Ruby is great, the only difficulty is installing it.

I still stay on Scratch, but now i'm trying to learn AppleScript and Lua lol

The-Whiz wrote:

How do you get Flash free?

You don't. My mom bought it for me.

djmoomoo wrote:

I am an avid Scratcher, but I've mainly moved on to C, OpenGL (Like DirectX, but classier    ). Has anyone else noticed the similarity?

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
   printf("Hello");
}


Maybe someone could develop a Scratch development kinda thing? Like: Learn C from scratch? I'm sure many people would want to learn C?

I made one a while ago. I'll publish it soon.

abeair wrote:

The-Whiz wrote:

How do you get Flash free?

You don't. My mom bought it for me.

Oh, I downloaded the trial version, and then found a way to overdrive the days counter (it's always based on system clock, and this program runs Flash in a sandbox which is set to one date: the date you've entered). Anyway, animation if Flash is simple, and it's working with vector graphics, not like Scratch (Scratch goes on bitmap graphic). AND, from version CS4, it supports 3D transformations and new type of movement. I have to look for books on it, my dad is buying me a book about ActionScript 3.0 this summer (it's a present after SentenceSynthesier got featured, but I waited for the ActionScript 3.0 Bible thing). Anyway, the Hello World program looks like this (you have to create a Text, set it to Dynamic text and name the instance: "TextField1"):

stop(); //Optional - if you want to stop the animation
this.TextField1.text = "Hello World";

And you have to put it in the same frame where the text box is. It supports sockets, creating and deleting "sprites" from the code, making your own functions, even creating a fully-working online operating systems...