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#1 2012-06-18 18:42:22

momarkee
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Registered: 2012-06-18
Posts: 1

SQL/database

I'm new to Scratch and perhaps it's project/scope creep, but:

When Scratchers are already making projects including scores of sprites/objects and hundreds of scripts - won't access/something like tinydb/data file persistence be useful/doable?  Perhaps even just extending list crud to a pair of relational tables?

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#2 2012-11-19 13:43:27

Pawnfork
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Registered: 2011-02-06
Posts: 14

Re: SQL/database

Doable, yes.  Desirable, depends on what you need--some programs the biggest favor you could do is is to make sure everything is nicely initialized.  However, I consider persistence in Scratch to be a thrilling  prospect.  The part you might not be thrilled about is that the persistence is not through files, but variables including arrays.

Good Luck!

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#3 2012-11-19 13:52:19

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Registered: 2012-09-26
Posts: 500+

Re: SQL/database

The whole goal of Scratch is to introduce people (mainly children) to the programming world in a simply way. This kinda defeats the purpose.

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#4 2012-11-19 14:05:36

jvvg
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Registered: 2008-03-26
Posts: 1000+

Re: SQL/database

Yeah, Scratch is designed to be easy to learn and use. Adding this would make it way too complicated.


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