Re: "For Young Coders"

2017-06-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
On 6/14/17 8:27 pm, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: Now imagine an LC toy in the app store. Oh, I'm not going to bother waiting for that; the kids have all been issued with a CD-ROM containing (among other stuff) a BBC emulator for the 3 dominant OSes and likewise LiveCode 8.1.4. On Fr

Re: "For Young Coders"

2017-06-14 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Now imagine an LC toy in the app store. On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I don't know. > > BUT . . . > > Today I had a classroom of 9-10 year olds doing simple Mathematics with > BBC BASIC in BBC Micro emulators > > [

Re: "For Young Coders"

2017-06-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I don't know. BUT . . . Today I had a classroom of 9-10 year olds doing simple Mathematics with BBC BASIC in BBC Micro emulators [ http://b-em.bbcmicro.com/ ] and one kid really "made my day" when he said, "Wow, this is serious programming, not like that baby Scratch thing." Research seem

Re: "For Young Coders"

2017-06-14 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 06/13/2017 10:26 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: Death By Scratch: https://community.tes.com/threads/death-by-scratch.670594/ !!! Is that *the* Rick Rubin? -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-li

Re: "For Young Coders"

2017-06-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Why, when I hear a phrase that involves the word "Coders" do I feel a bit queasy? Probably because I also feel queasy when I hear words such as "Edutainment" and phrases such as "Learn how to do XXX like the experts in 15 minutes or less." Death By Scratch: https://community.tes.com/threads/d

Re: "For Young Coders"

2017-06-13 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
yes. frootz r us On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Roger Eller via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I have to assume you are referring to the app store of that fruit company > since no platform was specified. :) > > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Mike Kerner via use-liv

Re: "For Young Coders"

2017-06-13 Thread Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode
Could it be the company who shamefully strangled HyperCard to death? ;-) On 13 June 2017 at 21:35, Roger Eller via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I have to assume you are referring to the app store of that fruit company > since no platform was specified. :) > > > On Tue,

Re: "For Young Coders"

2017-06-13 Thread Roger Eller via use-livecode
I have to assume you are referring to the app store of that fruit company since no platform was specified. :) On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Check out the app store. There is a new section right at the top, called > "for