Contents - Raspberry PI Community Projects

▪ Karel, Karel++, and Karel J. Robot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
K….._language)) – for absolute beginners, used to control a simple robot in a
city consisting of a rectangular grid of streets. Karel is its own programming
language, Karel++ is a version of Karel implemented in C++, and Karel J. Robot
is a version of Karel implemented in Java. NCLab offers free Karel programming
(albeit with a modified syntax closer to Python) through a web browser.
▪ Kodu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodu) – entirely icon-based Microsoft
Research project for younger children and especially girls. Programs are
composed of pages, which are divided into rules, which are further divided into
conditions and actions, and conditions are evaluated simultaneously. Designed
for game development and provides specialized primitives derived from gaming
scenarios. Programs are expressed in physical terms, using concepts like vision,
hearing, and time to control character behavior. Available as a free Windows
download in public beta and academic forms, and as a low-cost Xbox 360 Live
download.
▪ Laby (http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~gimenez/laby) – teaches various programming
languages (OCaml, Python, Lua, Ruby, C, Java, Prolog and Perl) via ants and
spider webs.
▪ Learn to Program BASIC (circa 1998) – BASIC interpreter with an interactive
course intended to teach the language to middle school students. Game-specific
additions to the BASIC language include 2D sprite support. Programs written in
"LTPB" could be executed on computers without the software by means of a
freely-distributable "runner".
▪ Lego Mindstorms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L…..Mindstorms) – Lego sets
combining programmable bricks with electric motors, sensors, Lego bricks, and
Lego Technic pieces (such as gears, axles, and beams). Mindstorm programs can
be implemented in Logo, BASIC, Java derivatives, Smalltalk, and C.
▪ LegoSheets – a programming language for the Lego Mindstorms based on
AgentSheets which had a less steep learning curve than Brick Logo.
▪ Mama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M….._(software)) – object oriented
programming language for young students in a subset of their local human
language, both left-to-right (LTR) and right-to-left (RTL) syntaxes. A variant of
Mama was built on top of Alice for scripting of 3-D stage objects for building 3D
animations and games.
▪ OfLiveCoding (http://code.google.com/p/oflivecoding/) - allows modification of
a Javascript program at runtime, allowing real-time views of how the
modifications affect the behavior and flow of the executed code.
▪ Phrogram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrogram) – second-gen Kid"s
Programming Language is a commercial easy-to-learn programming language
and integrated development environment (IDE) that emphasizes graphics and
sounds, is a simplified structured language, offers component-based development
features such as classes and methods, and is modeled on Eclipse and Visual
Studio .NET IDEs to help transition to them.
▪ Processing (http://processing.org) - an open-source programming language and
environment for creating images, animations, and interactions to teach