[wplug] Coding

[Peter Brown]

Are you familiar with Alice? It is a package out
of CMU and available for free. It is an attempt
to teach object oriented programming by having
the user build 3D animations. The
app is built in a java like or java language.
http://www.alice.org/

I do not know if there is a linux version, sorry.

peter

George Larson wrote:
> Hello everybody!
>
> So, I've been (more or less) in IT fields for so long as I've been 
> employed.  Most recently, I worked for Sony where I developed using 
> primarily .NET and now I'm coding PHP in a LAMP environment.
>
> Yesterday my 11 year old son, interested in ole' dad's work, asked 
> about learning to code.  It is, of course, great that he is 
> interested.  Conversely, I have no clue where to begin.
>
> I'm figuring that we should attend the next WPLUG meeting (if 11 year 
> olds are welcome -- I'll check) but does anybody have any suggestions 
> on where to start?  When I was his age, I had C-64 and I typed program 
> listings out of magazines.  I know that MS recently released a 
> beginner's version of VB but I'd rather get him pointed in a FOSS 
> direction.  He loves Ubuntu.  We haven't tried Edubuntu yet.
>
> Advice??
>
> Thanks!
> G
>
>
>
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