[Edu-sig] Reeborg's world

Jurgis Pralgauskis jurgis.pralgauskis at gmail.com
Tue Jun 11 16:31:47 CEST 2013


Hi,

nice, reminded of http://www.code.org/learn/codehs

by the way, maybe browser debugger can be called (with eval or so) to
highlight current  instruction.. (as extra feature)


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Andre Roberge <andre.roberge at gmail.com>wrote:

> In the spirit of the original CP4E (Computer programming for everybody)
> that lead to the creation of edu-sig, but unfortunately not (yet)
> supporting Python, I am happy to announce the launch of Reeborg's World (
> http://reeborg.ca) as the successor to RUR-PLE
> (http://code.google.com/p/rur-ple) but adapted for the web ... and
> designed to teach Javascript.  Eventually (soon?) there will be a Python
> version (using either Brython or Skulpt).
>
> Compared with RUR-PLE (inspired by Guido van Robot, itself inspired by
> Karel the Robot)
>
> Pros:
> No installation required - available on the web
> Much more teaching material
> Test-Driven Learning: one can set up world with "goals" (end
> configuration) that are automatically tested
> Side and Top view of robot, based on user preference
> Syntax analysis (and feedback) performed by JSHint
> Often used user-defined functions (such as turn_right) can be saved by the
> user in their "Library" and loaded automatically
>
>
> Cons:
> No highlighting of current instruction being executed
> No graphical world builder  (could be added with a fair bit of work)
> Only English lessons and interface (soon French will be added)
> Not Python  (will be fixed! :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> André
>
> P.S. Developers thrive on feedback and are always happy to implement
> features sought by users.  ;-)
>
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