Scratch

shadow_7283 wrote:

I can't wait to see what you and Jens come up with as far as translating Snap! code into plain JavaScript (that was a promised feature, wasn't it?)

The promised (eventual) feature is compilation into JS for speed, but there's no promise that it will be human-readable.  Probably it'll just be a lot of procedure calls; it won't look like JS code you'd want to emulate.  (This is typical of compilers -- they make ugly code.)

Jens gets mad when people want a translation of Snap! into some text-based language because they don't think it's "real code" otherwise.  Instead our (also eventual) goal is to implement a good model of self-reflection so that Snap! programs can analyze, trace, debug, and create other Snap! programs.

P.S.  You're very welcome.

Last edited by bharvey (2012-08-20 00:19:51)

GLITCH!!!

I was reading through blocks.js and realised that it doesn't check WHERE the attach point is in the script when you try to drop in a block, or whether or not there is a cap block in the script you are trying to drop. So I tried that. And it worked. 

Last edited by joefarebrother (2012-08-22 06:37:06)

I suppose he put a stack block below a cap block.

Hardmath123 wrote:

I suppose he put a stack block below a cap block.

I did. 3 times.

Last edited by joefarebrother (2012-08-22 09:18:03)

Okay guys, I don't get it. Can somebody please explain what they were getting as to what they were expecting, so I can fix it? Thx

Jens wrote:

Okay guys, I don't get it. Can somebody please explain what they were getting as to what they were expecting, so I can fix it? Thx

take that:

if <>
  say [hello!]
  stop script
 

and that:

say [hello!]
stop script
 

now put the second between say and stop of the first script 
you should not be able to do that...

If you put more than 26 on the same script variables block, it won't let you make any more.

And, if you do

if <>
say [hello!]
stop script
end

and

say [hello!]
stop script

and put them together, it is possible to do

if <>
say [hello!]
stop script
say [hello!]
stop script
end

and you shouldn't be able to do that.

bharvey wrote:

Hey, gang,

It's great that people are finding these bugs before we declare an official release!  They're coming in too fast now for Jens to react one by one.  So, please start using http://byobugs.com and file them against the Snap! product.

Thanks!

Build Your Own Bugs? Bring You Own Bugs? 

The BYOB install contains Gobo graphics, which is against the Source Code License, which I assume that BYOB used to make it. Also, it is awesome!

bharvey wrote:

MrFlash67 wrote:

The BYOB install contains Gobo graphics, which is against the Source Code License, which I assume that BYOB used to make it. Also, it is awesome!

Thanks!

About Gobo, he wasn't listed as unusable in the original license, which we followed carefully.  They added him when they abandoned that code base to work on 2.0.  We, too, are rewriting from scratch (as opposed to from Scratch  ) but, anyway, we got permission to retain Gobo, especially because he's the basis of our mascot Alonzo.

Ah, cool! Is there a BYOB Resources like http://resources.scratchr.org?
Edit log: Linked and removed complaint.

Last edited by MrFlash67 (2012-09-09 15:48:04)

shadow_7283 wrote:

So Jens, I know at some point in the distant future when you create a paint editor, you promised it'll include vector graphics. I've been doing some work in canvas with vectors recently, and it's SUPER slow compared to bitmaps. Do you have any black magic in mind to make it work? 

canvg? 

shadow_7283 wrote:

None of them perform very well in a dynamic environment.

IANJ, but most likely we just put off vector graphics until the browsers catch up.  There are plenty of other missing features still!