[racket] try-racket alternative

  Thank you!


They are enjoying Racket - Realm of Racket is a phenomenal book.


Floyd



> On Feb 25, 2015, at 3:30 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <samth at cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
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> This is really nicely done! I hope your daughters are enjoying Racket
> as well. :)
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> Sam
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> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Floyd Arguello
> <floyd.arguello at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I found that my daughters had a lot of questions when they went through the
>> tutorial at http://try-racket.org/ - what’s a function? What’s a binding?
>> Lambda? Lexical scope?
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>> So, I thought I’d create an alternative to try-racket - for kids ages 12 and
>> up, give or take.
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>> With that in mind, I forked https://github.com/jarcane/try-racket, applied a
>> new design, and added:
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>> * the bootstrap js framework
>> * the ability to clear and reset the console (doesn’t clear pictures yet)
>> * multi-line entries in the console - auto indents at 2 spaces (needs more
>> work)
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>> I also removed “context” from the error messages - to keep the errors short
>> and sweet.
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>> It’s very much a work in progress, but you can see it here:
>> http://trycode.io/
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>> As for the content, one idea is to rewrite the tutorial for a younger, less
>> experienced crowd, and use the “info” box in the lower left to provide
>> additional information, terminology, context, etc…
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>> Another idea is to write a simple, text-based game; though it lacks the
>> instant gratification of a picture appearing in the console.
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>> Any ideas/feedback?
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>> Anyone want to pitch in? :)
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>> https://github.com/arguello/trycode.io
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>> Thanks,
>> Floyd
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