Scratch

scratchisthebest · 2011-09-10 15:06:21

I'm not using Scratch as much anymore in favor of things like Processing. I loved Scratch, though!

Anyways, I wanted to make it even easier to program in Processing. And I thought: "Processing is also designed in a 'visual context', object-oriented, and simple. Why not!"

Ant the next words that came into my head were "processing library!"

The idea is simple: use the familiar blocks in Scratch, but just in a different way. Instead of dragging out "move (10) steps", you could write moveSteps(10); . Or: block("move 10 steps"); . Getitgotitgood.

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Right now I haven't started, but will be in a few minutes.

Object awesomeness = new Sprite("Scratch" + "Processing");

sparks · 2011-09-10 17:14:25

An interesting project. What language would you be programming it in and what's your aim? Easier to use than Scratch? Faster? More powerful?

cuddlycub · 2011-09-10 17:18:14

sparks wrote:
An interesting project. What language would you be programming it in and what's your aim? Easier to use than Scratch? Faster? More powerful?

The Processing he is talking about. I think this is all about that language, not really scratch. Just using scratch-like commands.

scratchisthebest · 2011-09-13 15:55:12

sparks wrote:
An interesting project. What language would you be programming it in and what's your aim? Easier to use than Scratch? Faster? More powerful?

Processing is about a million times faster than scratch. It definitely won't be easier to program in, but could be used to switch from Scratch to Java/Processing.

For an example of the speed thing, I made this thing that won't work in *cough* IE *cough* : Node Garden Remix (originally by allonestring)

scratchisthebest · 2011-09-13 16:22:35

Ok, having trouble already!

What's wrong with this code? (Forget the "main" method, Processing doesn't use it.)

Code:

Scratch s = new Scratch();
int variableTest = s.makeVariable("Testing 123");

class Scratch {
  ArrayList variables;
  
  Scratch() {
    variables = new ArrayList();
  }
  
  Object makeVariable(String name) {
    variables.add(name);
    return variables.get(variables.size());
  }
}

Last edited by scratchisthebest (2011-09-13 16:23:18)

scratchisthebest · 2011-09-14 17:13:39

bumpity bump.

Scratch

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Re: scratch.pde - Making it even easier to work with Processing!

sparks wrote:

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Re: scratch.pde - Making it even easier to work with Processing!

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