Re: Programming Preferences Was RE: I feel like giving up on programming altogether!
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 09:35:40 -0700
So, Andreas, what all can this language do? I mean, is it capable of
writing serious programs, or is it primarily for kiddos to learn
programming on?
On 7/1/10, Andreas Stefik <stefika@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks, Joseph,
>
> We're going to try. This summer, we are doing a conference at the
> Washington State School for the blind with about 13 blind and visually
> impaired kids doing testing of the 1.0 release, to see what we did
> wrong, what we did right, how we can improve, and what we should focus
> on in the research. Next spring, the WSSB is teaching a full class in
> what will ultimately be the 1.5 release of Sodbeans. Next summer, 2
> more schools are getting involved and and are teaching classes, and
> the year after that, 2 more.
>
> And after that, I suspect we will attempt world domination <insert
> meniacal laughter here>
>
> Stefik
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I hope that one would be adopted in wide range of schools... Good luck.
>> Cheers,
>> Joseph
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andreas Stefik
>> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:39 AM
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Programming Preferences Was RE: I feel like giving up on
>> programming altogether!
>>
>> Joseph,
>>
>> Yes, that part of the language was based on python, as we really
>> couldn't think of any way to make it simpler. I mean, at the end of
>> the day, you can't get easier than just print!
>>
>> You can also say
>>
>> say "Hello, World"
>>
>> which patches through to the screen reader
>>
>> and input("What do you want to get")
>>
>> which pulls up an accessible window that coordinates with the screen
>> reader and returns text
>>
>> Our first release of Sodbeans, version 1.0, is (scarily), a week from
>> tomorrow.
>>
>> Stefik
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> Sounds similar to Python's syntax... If that works great, I guess that
>>> should be an intro version for beginners... Thanks for this tip.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Joseph
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andreas
>>> Stefik
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:23 AM
>>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Re: Programming Preferences Was RE: I feel like giving up on
>>> programming altogether!
>>>
>>> In the language we are distributing in Sodbeans (Called Hop) to
>>> schools for the blind, hello world is done like this:
>>>
>>> print "Hello, World!"
>>>
>>> When you run that in the debugger, it outputs to the screen reader,
>>> "Hello, World was printed to the console." You can then go to the
>>> console and verify, if you really want to.
>>>
>>> Stefik
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