[Edu-sig] Reeborg's world

[Andre Roberge]

In the spirit of the original CP4E (Computer programming for everybody)
that lead to the creation of edu-sig, but unfortunately not (yet)
supporting Python, I am happy to announce the launch of Reeborg's World (
http://reeborg.ca) as the successor to RUR-PLE
(http://code.google.com/p/rur-ple) but adapted for the web ... and designed
to teach Javascript.  Eventually (soon?) there will be a Python version
(using either Brython or Skulpt).

Compared with RUR-PLE (inspired by Guido van Robot, itself inspired by
Karel the Robot)

Pros:
No installation required - available on the web
Much more teaching material
Test-Driven Learning: one can set up world with "goals" (end configuration)
that are automatically tested
Side and Top view of robot, based on user preference
Syntax analysis (and feedback) performed by JSHint
Often used user-defined functions (such as turn_right) can be saved by the
user in their "Library" and loaded automatically


Cons:
No highlighting of current instruction being executed
No graphical world builder  (could be added with a fair bit of work)
Only English lessons and interface (soon French will be added)
Not Python  (will be fixed! :-)

Cheers,

André

P.S. Developers thrive on feedback and are always happy to implement
features sought by users.  ;-)
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