[Pythonedu-wg] A new, kid-friendly Python editor

[Carrie Anne Philbin]

I don't think we should assign age to this project. I think learners at
whatever age have problems with accessing IDEs.

CA.

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Floyd, Steven <sfloyd at office.ldcsb.on.ca>
wrote:

> Puppy looks very cool.
> Simple, clean.
> One click startup would be good too, instead of opening of a shell then
> clicking New File...Both windows should load right away.
>
> Add the user-friendly error messages mentioned by Alex Bradbury and I
> think it would be fantastic and useful for young learn
> Potential problems:
> -who is the editor for, will it be all things for all people? Should we
> identify a target group (age 8-14, beginner programmers, perhaps?)
>
> Cool project.
> Glad to be on this list.
>
> Steve
>
>
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> *From:* Pythonedu-wg <pythonedu-wg-bounces+sfloyd=
> office.ldcsb.on.ca at python.org> on behalf of Bob Irving <bobirv at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* September 21, 2015 10:11 AM
> *To:* Carrie Anne Philbin
> *Cc:* pythonedu-wg at python.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Pythonedu-wg] A new, kid-friendly Python editor
>
> This is really exciting!
>
> I'm a teacher in the US, just starting this year with Python in different
> iterations (MinecraftPi, Pygame). I'm not a developer so making the editor
> is beyond me. But I definitely have some thoughts on what would and
> wouldn't work for the students I'm teaching (ages 13-15).
>
> Bob Irving
> Porter-Gaud School
> Charleston, SC
> USA
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Carrie Anne Philbin <
> carrieanne at raspberrypi.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I would like to initiate work on building an education friendly python
>> editor to potentially replace IDLE and be part of an education bundle
>> available across multiple platforms (including relatively low-specced
>> systems such as the Raspberry Pi) through this work group.
>>
>>
>> To kick off, here’s a list of possible requirements. Please feel free to
>> comment and add to them:
>>
>>
>> *Absolutely must have*:
>>
>> - Both windows open within one application (the shell window and text
>> editor window).
>>
>> - Simple buttons to run code
>>
>> - A way to change font sizes easily
>>
>> - Syntax highlighting
>>
>>
>> *Highly desired*:
>>
>> - Error reporting that highlights lines and gives a good level of
>> feedback to the user.
>>
>> - REPL
>>
>> - Projects
>>
>> Since my talk around the development of a new text editor at Euro Python
>> <https://youtu.be/_gU7sfTrz4c> in July and Pycon Australia in August,
>> community members Ntoll (Nicholas Tollervey), Lord Mauve (Daniel Pope),
>> and others have begun work on an open source project called Puppy
>> <https://github.com/lordmauve/puppy>. Here is a video
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXfzfZzq1dc> of Puppy but I believe
>> that more has been added and/or removed since it was filmed. I think this
>> project could be what we are looking for and we would welcome the thoughts
>> of the wg.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Carrie Anne
>>
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