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profchen

Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:53 pm


web-based programming editor

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I use the following web-based, iconic programming tool in my university classes.  It makes (structured) programming in Turing identical to programming in Java.  (Note: click on the small yellow square in the flowchart to begin.)

http://www.edutoolresearch.com/IconicProgrammerApplet.html

In addition to eliminating details with syntax, I think it helps beginning programmers to focus on the "permanent" concepts of programming (e.g. logic and design) rather than the language specific details (e.g. syntax).  Please let me know what you think.


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Tony

Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:52 am



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the website and applet windows do not display properly (poor layout).. I think visual appeal is definitely something to work at.

navigation / UI is fairly confusing

though the bottom line is ofcourse the functionality... does this do anything beside describing flow charts in words? Unless this works two ways, and generates the flow from typed code as well... well I don't think there will be much demand for this otherwise.

Am I missing something?


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wtd

Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:27 am



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It's a really crappy version of [url=http://scratch.mit.edu/]Scratch.  :)