On Apr 3, 10:17 am, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well I doubt it's the visual environment that makes it more easy, > >> color, shape and position can give some extra information though. > >> I think apriori domain knowledge and flattness of information are of far > >> more importance. > >> The first issue is covered quit well by Robolab / Labview, > >> but the second issue certainly is not. > >> I'm right now working on a Labview like editor in Python, > >> which does obey the demand for flatness of information. > >> The first results can be seen > >> here:http://oase.uci.kun.nl/~mientki/data_www/pylab_works/pw_animations_sc... > > >> cheers, > >> Stef Mientki > > >>> And you are going to teach them Java? Oh, please don't. Let the > >>> colleges torture them. :=) > > > What do you mean by flatness of information? > > What I mean is something like; all the information at a certain > abstraction level is visible on one screen or one piece of paper, > and not is available through multiple screen / multiple right-clicks > etc. A wizard in general is an example of strong non-flatness of > information (try adding a mail-account in Thunderbird, this could > easily be put on 1 page, which clearly would give a much better overview). > > cheers, > Stef
In that sense, it would appear to me Robolab/Labview would do exactly that. Most of the programs I taught the kids to do fits on one screen. I think what you are doing is very interesting because Robolab does a fair amount of what I am seeing from your screen shots (for simple applications anyway). One day when you finish with the program, may be I can try it on my younger kid. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
