Scratch

They use Java to make Minecraft mods, right?


... I must learn it.

rontoking wrote:

There should be a Scratch version of Java(if there already isn't one). In my opinion Scratch's block system is incredibly easy and should be used for every popular language. Who's with me?

Scratch's project viewer was originally made in Java. They're changing it to Flash.

(There, fixed...  )

Last edited by BLU_Spy (2013-02-27 17:56:31)

BLU_Spy wrote:

They use Java to make Minecraft mods, right?


... I must learn it.

rontoking wrote:

There should be a Scratch version of Java(if there already isn't one). In my opinion Scratch's block system is incredibly easy and should be used for every popular language. Who's with me?

Scratch was originally made in Java. They're changing it to Flash.

no
No
NO

It wasn't made with Java, it was made with squeak

rontoking wrote:

There should be a Scratch version of Java(if there already isn't one). In my opinion Scratch's block system is incredibly easy and should be used for every popular language. Who's with me?

Alice and Greenfoot have nice GUI if you want 

I think it'd be extremely difficult for me at least to find blocks for all the things I need; more complex programming languages often have many many more functions.

Harakou wrote:

That's one of the major problems, definitely. Typing is a lot more efficient than sorting through a list of blocks for the language's entire library. (And that's just the standard version.)

Definitely. Scratch is nice for learning, but trying to create an application of any real complexity and length would be a painful process searching through the library. That's one of the pains of TI-BASIC. Programming in that is dang-near impossible to do for an extended period of time. I've noticed that since my programming picked up, paired with a good keyboard, my typing has gotten FAST. Typing in my passwords have become muscle memory. Typing is by far the most effective way to code.

veggieman001 wrote:

Agreed—one reason why I rarely program in Scratch is because I find it so inefficient 

That could also be a reason to program in Scratch - the feats are ten times as satisfying.  Also, Scratch lacks a good string handling system.

Harakou wrote:

GeonoTRON2000 wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

Agreed—one reason why I rarely program in Scratch is because I find it so inefficient 

That could also be a reason to program in Scratch - the feats are ten times as satisfying.  Also, Scratch lacks a good string handling system.

Don't even get me started on Scratch's... limited toolset.    Not that more advanced languages don't have their own problems with string handling...

Augh, strings. The composite data type masquerading as a primitive.

Last edited by veggieman001 (2013-02-27 23:24:19)