[wplug] Coding

Brie Gordon brie.gordon at gmail.com
Wed Mar 18 19:51:18 EDT 2009


There is a Linux version. I've used it  and would definitely recommend
it for an 11 year-old interested in learning to code. My 15 year-old
brother enjoys using it, as well.

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Peter Brown <brown665 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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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Regards,

Brie A. Gordon
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