An Easy Programming Language
Languages and libraries
educational programming language
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
2 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Design: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, well-organized layout good for teaching
From 1 comment
I like it, it is very well made and organized. I jumped to Monte Carlo methods and examples clearly explained what it was. I think this is great layout for teaching. Thank you…
desireco42 on HN
Automatic formatting and syntax resemble Logo and BASIC
From 1 comment
The syntax/formatting reminds me of Lingo [0]. But also Logo and Basic. One of the things I really liked about coding in Lingo (in Director [1]) was the sparse syntax but the…
Vanderson on HN
Objections
Page stuck on Loading due to Content Security Policy error
From 1 comment
All I see is "Loading ..." and when looking at the console I see things like "Content Security Policy: The page’s settings blocked the loading of a resource at…
AnaniasAnanas on HN
Formatter ignores keys, so beginners can't press Enter in some cases
From 1 comment
The automatic formatting was nice, but I found a few times where I seemingly couldn't type; the formatter would just reset and ignore the key. For example I had "exit .." and…
irq-1 on HN
Assignment syntax a = 1 conflicts with C-like languages
From 1 comment
``` a = 11 if a = 10 ``` Great way to set someone up for failure when they switch to any C-like language! I personally have experienced people finding it easier to grasp a…
amenghra on HN
Name 'Easyprog' may frustrate beginners
From 1 comment
I really like this. Could you make the page load with the first demo code pre-loaded? I sat there looking at the code and hitting "run", checking the browser console to see if…
mrspeaker on HN
Requests
Preload first demo code in the editor
From 1 comment
I really like this. Could you make the page load with the first demo code pre-loaded? I sat there looking at the code and hitting "run", checking the browser console to see if…
mrspeaker on HN
Disable run button when there is no code
From 1 comment
Thank you for your feedback. I think I'll disable the run button if there's no code.
chkas on HN
Publish source code on GitHub under an open source license
From 1 comment
Pretty cool! Is the source on GitHub? If not, do you plan to put it there under an open source license?
codetrotter on HN
Questions
Is the source on GitHub or planned as open source?
From 1 comment
Pretty cool! Is the source on GitHub? If not, do you plan to put it there under an open source license?
codetrotter on HN
What is this language good for?
From 1 comment
The syntax/formatting reminds me of Lingo [0]. But also Logo and Basic. One of the things I really liked about coding in Lingo (in Director [1]) was the sparse syntax but the…
Vanderson on HN
Alternatives named
Logo and PILOT turtle graphics
From 2 comments
Evokes logo/pilot with turtle graphics; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PILOT and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language) which were both great fun back in the…
mwexler on HNThe syntax/formatting reminds me of Lingo [0]. But also Logo and Basic. One of the things I really liked about coding in Lingo (in Director [1]) was the sparse syntax but the…
Vanderson on HN
Lingo / Adobe Director
From 1 comment
The syntax/formatting reminds me of Lingo [0]. But also Logo and Basic. One of the things I really liked about coding in Lingo (in Director [1]) was the sparse syntax but the…
Vanderson on HN
Anvil
From 1 comment
Agreed - the browser leaves much to be desired as an accessible dev platform, and the web as a whole is even worse! (Why do I need to learn HTML, CSS, JS, Python, SQL and…
meredydd on HN
PICO-8
From 1 comment
Highly recommend you check out PICO-8
FiddlyPack on HN
Scratch
From 1 comment
Windows comes with vbscript built in. MacOS has Applescript, Python and a bunch more out of the box. Plus incredibly high quality languages, libraries and IDEs are just a few…
simonh on HN