anywebsite Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 More delays & production faults ... it's like being back in the 'good old days' of British computing. They didn't have to follow Sir Clive's example so closely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryRiley Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Can someone explain something to me. I've seen countless videos and articles about the Raspberry Pi, and countless mentions of how it will allow kids to program. However, I can't find a single piece of information on how they're going to program using it. I'm assuming they're not going to be using machine code, so what languages is it created for? How are kids going to be creating games on it (aside from installing Scratch which you can already do on any PC without risk of breaking it). I'm just having trouble getting my head around how kids are going to be taught programming with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 It's just a PC isn't it? They're going to program it like they would a PC, using whatever language they like I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 It's created to use Linux, there are many popular free programming languages available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryRiley Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 It's just a PC isn't it? They're going to program it like they would a PC, using whatever language they like I suppose. But how will this revolutionise learning to program in schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 But how will this revolutionise learning to program in schools? It'll provide all the necessary tools at a very low cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resident Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Can someone explain something to me. I've seen countless videos and articles about the Raspberry Pi, and countless mentions of how it will allow kids to program. However, I can't find a single piece of information on how they're going to program using it. I'm assuming they're not going to be using machine code, so what languages is it created for? How are kids going to be creating games on it (aside from installing Scratch which you can already do on any PC without risk of breaking it). I'm just having trouble getting my head around how kids are going to be taught programming with this. I think it's more to do with the cost and extreme portability more than anything. AFAIK it's going to be using Linux Fedora as the OS and I don't think that it's going to be used to teach them to write the next big blockbuster games but it's to get them started in the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosxuk Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Can someone explain something to me. I've seen countless videos and articles about the Raspberry Pi, and countless mentions of how it will allow kids to program. However, I can't find a single piece of information on how they're going to program using it. I'm assuming they're not going to be using machine code, so what languages is it created for? How are kids going to be creating games on it (aside from installing Scratch which you can already do on any PC without risk of breaking it). I'm just having trouble getting my head around how kids are going to be taught programming with this. I believe the intention is that this initial batch of machines is to get the enthusiasts working on them, and to then concentrate on the machines to be sold into the education market. As part of the educational version there will be a development environment built and supplied with the machines. The idea is that the enthusiasts who get the initial versions will be able to help develop and test these tools before trying to convince teachers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Surely the plethora of existing development environments are good enough, schools don't need their own special one. Given the comment about the many 'free' programming languages available, it made me wonder if there are any that aren't actually free, I can't think of any, what would be the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Microsoft, Apple & other companies like that make programming languages that aren't free & open source, but I can't see the point of them either. Fedora is produced for software developers, it is open source & it provides a very capable development environment, called Eclipse, along with every other possible programming tool you could need (except non-open source stuff). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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