Logo

[commodore]

I found KTurtle which is a Logo interpreter. Logo is a programming language for educating children. Don't laugh at me please :D. It's very easy and everything, but it's boring to have just a language. Are there any exercises or something for Logo? Something I could tinker on? Or can I try assignments for "real" programming languages?

Logo on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_programming_language

[commodore]

Anyone?

[Master Shake]

Funny you should mention LOGO.. I'm trying to teach my 6 year old how to program with it...

You may want to start here: http://www.softronix.com/logo.html

I know, its a Win implementation, but they have tutorials linked from their site as well.

[commodore]

So I'm too old for logo (will be 15 this month)? I know it's a bit simple. I have actually learned a bit of python before, but I don't want to start with python.

[Wallakoala]

So I'm too old for logo (will be 15 this month)? I know it's a bit simple. I have actually learned a bit of python before, but I don't want to start with python.

Why don't you want to start with python? You would be able to learn python fine (I'm sure). You can also try perl, or any of the other real programming languages.

[commodore]

I actually don't know why I don't want to start with python. Maybe because I can start to actually do something with logo faster. With python I have to learn for a long time before I can do something like those mad drawings in logo. But you don't worry. I think I'm smart enough for python and I'll learn it anyways someday.

[ssam]

i had an idea a while ago about introducing people to programming.

i started with BBC basic, and you can quite quickly do fun things with it, such as simple graphics. there are fairly simple commands for drawing things to the screen.

these days if you want to draw things to the screen you have to learn about GUI tool kits, and lots of boring stuff. its all based around building applications.

i propose a python module that would make drawing very easy, similar to logo. you'd be able to draw lines and basic shapes using a coodinate system. by imbedding it in python one could lean things like loops and functions. for example you could make a function that draws a face, and put it a loop to draw laots of faces.

then there would be a very simple IDE, that has a text editor and canvas. when you make a new file it has the necisary header at the top to pull in the module, and you can just start programming. when you click run it draws it to the canvas. you can click save to save it as a bitmap.

you could also make a program that kept running. this you could save in a way that it could be used as a screen saver.

i think this would be useful to show kids the basics of programming. it would be fun, simple etc. also they would learn python, so they could gradually add more modules in and do pretty much anything.

[commodore]

i had an idea a while ago about introducing people to programming.

i started with BBC basic, and you can quite quickly do fun things with it, such as simple graphics. there are fairly simple commands for drawing things to the screen.

these days if you want to draw things to the screen you have to learn about GUI tool kits, and lots of boring stuff. its all based around building applications.

i propose a python module that would make drawing very easy, similar to logo. you'd be able to draw lines and basic shapes using a coodinate system. by imbedding it in python one could lean things like loops and functions. for example you could make a function that draws a face, and put it a loop to draw laots of faces.

then there would be a very simple IDE, that has a text editor and canvas. when you make a new file it has the necisary header at the top to pull in the module, and you can just start programming. when you click run it draws it to the canvas. you can click save to save it as a bitmap.

you could also make a program that kept running. this you could save in a way that it could be used as a screen saver.

i think this would be useful to show kids the basics of programming. it would be fun, simple etc. also they would learn python, so they could gradually add more modules in and do pretty much anything.

!!!
That's a really good idea! I like it alot. Although I am not able to do it as you see from this thread :D

[Klaidas]

Hello!
I have been studying Logo when I was about 11 yeas old. :mrgreen: I made a simple project. I can upload it if you want :)