<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html> <head></head> <body> <div>Thank you!</div> <div><br></div> <div>They are enjoying Racket - Realm of Racket is a phenomenal book.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Floyd</div> <div class="unibox-signature"></div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" class="unibox-hidden"> <div>On Feb 25, 2015, at 3:30 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <samth@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <div>This is really nicely done! I hope your daughters are enjoying Racket<br>as well. :)</div> <div><br></div> <div>Sam</div> <div><br></div> <div>On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Floyd Arguello<br><floyd.arguello@gmail.com> wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;">I found that my daughters had a lot of questions when they went through the<br>tutorial at http://try-racket.org/ - what’s a function? What’s a binding?<br>Lambda? Lexical scope?</div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;">So, I thought I’d create an alternative to try-racket - for kids ages 12 and<br>up, give or take.</div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;">With that in mind, I forked https://github.com/jarcane/try-racket, applied a<br>new design, and added:</div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;">* the bootstrap js framework<br>* the ability to clear and reset the console (doesn’t clear pictures yet)<br>* multi-line entries in the console - auto indents at 2 spaces (needs more<br>work)</div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;">I also removed “context” from the error messages - to keep the errors short<br>and sweet.</div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;">It’s very much a work in progress, but you can see it here:<br>http://trycode.io/</div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;">As for the content, one idea is to rewrite the tutorial for a younger, less<br>experienced crowd, and use the “info” box in the lower left to provide<br>additional information, terminology, context, etc…</div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;">Another idea is to write a simple, text-based game; though it lacks the<br>instant gratification of a picture appearing in the console.</div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;">Any ideas/feedback?</div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;">Anyone want to pitch in? :)</div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;">https://github.com/arguello/trycode.io</div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;">Thanks,<br>Floyd</div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;"><br></div> <div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto;">____________________<br>Racket Users list:<br>http://lists.racket-lang.org/users</div> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>