zinc
CodeParadise
zinc | CodeParadise | |
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1 | 3 | |
97 | 79 | |
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7.7 | 9.3 | |
16 days ago | 2 days ago | |
Smalltalk | Smalltalk | |
MIT License | MIT License |
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zinc
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Programming for Cats – A book written specially for cats who want to program
BASIC was commonly understood in the 80s despite lots of very different dialects and also in the 90s mostly because of Visual Basic. Is it still true that developers are familiar with BASIC? I would expect that JavaScript and maybe Python replaced BASIC as lingua franca. JavaScript looks simpler because it basically (pun intended) doesn't have a standard library to learn, with all the problems deriving from that.
Java doesn't seem a bad choice because if one sticks to the basics probably everybody can figure out what a simple program does. Smalltalk, I wonder how many people here ever read a Smalltalk source file [1]. Lisp, maybe more, at least to look once at all those funny parentheses (disclaimer, I wrote my fair share of Lisp but I know the effect it does on most people.)
[1] One random Smalltalk project from the list of trending Smalltalk repositories on GitHub https://github.com/svenvc/zinc
CodeParadise
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CLOG And The Competition
I think these projects could be comparable: - JustPy for Python. - CodeParadise for Pharo Smalltalk. But I cannot go into details, because I don't have enough experience with those, only with CLOG.
- Fabrik a Visual Programming Environment
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SqueakJS – A Squeak VM in JavaScript
Instead of having a Smalltalk image which contains the typical GUI (Morphic or otherwise being BitBlt on a HTML Canvas) I run a Smalltalk image which has a number of Classes representing WebComponents. These classes have a small interface with Javascript (implemented as primitive calls in case you are familiar, similar to other SqueakJS plugins). When instantiating such a WebComponent, it will also instantiate a DOM element (the WebComponent). Events in the browser are wrapped in Smalltalk event classes and will be given to an event handler process (Smalltalk process) which will do the relevant work. So for example drag and drop is implemented fully in Smalltalk. My code is free to use. See https://github.com/ErikOnBike/CodeParadise
What are some alternatives?
seaside - The framework for developing sophisticated web applications in Smalltalk.
opensmalltalk-vm - Cross-platform virtual machine for Squeak, Pharo, Cuis, and Newspeak.
gtoolkit - Glamorous Toolkit is the Moldable Development environment. It empowers you to make systems explainable through experiences tailored for each problem.
pharo - Pharo is a dynamic reflective pure object-oriented language supporting live programming inspired by Smalltalk.
Spec - Spec is a framework in Pharo for describing user interfaces.
PharoChipDesigner - A little chip design game inspired by KOHCTPYKTOP: Engineer of the People by Zachtronics
badges - A tool to build your git repository badges in Pharo
pharo - The Sources for Pharo
Moose - MOOSE - Platform for software and data analysis.
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