Projects tagged ‘java’ and ‘kids’

Tuga Turtle is a simple turtle graphics programming system I designed for my son. It uses the Ruby programming language which can be expressed in simple forms. On the plus side, Ruby is also a ... [More] language used professionally for web programming and in many other fashions. Here's an example of a simple program that draws a green square: color green 4.times do turn right walk 500 endTuga Turtle can be launched as a Java Web Start application, but it uses local storage in files, so it needs user permissions. This project is available as public domain. I've just chosen Apache License 2.0 because that was an option for hosting at Google. [Less]

The ROBOT programming language offers a unique and enjoyable learning experience to the beginning programmer. It provides an interesting but also challenging problem domain which is intuitive to ... [More] humans. The language is highly overloaded so users at all levels of exposure to math and programming concepts will be comfortable with standard operations. The interpreted design allows for constant compiler feedback and guidance during the programming process while the visual execution environment and robot avatar gives a clear display of the program in execution. [Less]

If you are looking for the open source companion software for the WeeHack kids programming course, it will be presented here.

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SarynPaint was written for my friend Saryn, who was two years old at the time. She had some difficulty operating the mouse, specifically clicking and dragging. The program is setup to paint simply by ... [More] moving the mouse. You can select colors and paintbrush shapes by moving the mouse over the panels on the screen edges. More advanced mousing modes are available for older children. It's build in Java and should run on any Mac, Windows or Linux computer with Java 1.5 or later installed, which most computers do have already install these days. [Less]