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Re: Projects/Instruction Suitable for an 11 yr. old?
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Re: Projects/Instruction Suitable for an 11 yr. old?


  • Subject: Re: Projects/Instruction Suitable for an 11 yr. old?
  • From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:05:27 -0600

At 14:54 -0400 6/25/03, Steve Cunningham wrote:
>I figure AppleScript is as good as anything for learning the general
>concepts such as variable types, looping, conditionals, subroutines,
>input, and output... and I don't have to buy anything else.

I don't agree. But there will be those who disagree with me.

Have a look at good old BASIC without the O-O stuff. Free, developed for beginners, and with a finite well-defined syntax that doesn't keep changing from application to application. It even has sprites for game construction.

<http://www.rahul.net/rhn/basic/>

--

Applescript syntax is like English spelling:
Roughly, but not thoroughly, thought through.
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