KindScript – A kinder JavaScript experience
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Re: KindScript – A kinder JavaScript experience
#2I can't find any docs anywhere. When I go to the kinderscript site I get ssl error then a login block.
Nothing in the wiki on github either.
Anybody have more luck.
Re: KindScript – A kinder JavaScript experience
#3I can't find any docs anywhere. When I go to the kinderscript site I get ssl error then a login block. Nothing in the wiki on github either. Anybody have more luck.
It kinda looks like it's being "set up" right now in preparation for a more formal announcement. Maybe we just need to wait? It would be a little weird to make a big announcement right this moment, since it's currently Saturday night in Redmond.
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#4Looks like this wasn't ready to be revealed, like someone accidently made the repo public.
The website is currently not public so I'm not going to try anything yet but as a co-foudner at an CS Ed-tech startup I'm going to keep my ears perked. MS has put out some really nice JS products recently.
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#5When I tried to go to the main site, I got a cert_name_invalid error, and going to the site the cert identified as required auth.
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#6There's a few pictures in the various Github issues, looks like a Scratch like programming environment, unless that was just the developers own software.
Re: KindScript – A kinder JavaScript experience
#7Looks like this wasn't ready to be revealed, like someone accidently made the repo public. The website is currently not public so I'm not going to try anything yet but as a co-foudner at an CS Ed-tech startup I'm going to keep my ears perked. MS has put out some really nice JS products recently.
Out of curiousity, what are you doing in CS Ed space?
Re: KindScript – A kinder JavaScript experience
#8Rather than simplify Javascript and protect beginners from themselves, why not start with a language that is both powerful and protective and yet easy to learn, like Pascal - learn the basics there in a more structured language?
Lazarus is a free, cross platform IDE for Pascal and an excellent place to start: http://www.lazarus-ide.org/
Re: KindScript – A kinder JavaScript experience
#9Rather than simplify Javascript and protect beginners from themselves, why not start with a language that is both powerful and protective and yet easy to learn, like Pascal - learn the basics there in a more structured language? Lazarus is a free, cross platform IDE for Pascal and an excellent place to start: http://www.lazarus-ide.org/
On the one hand, it can be a little cruel to lock a kid in with a wolf, even a bound and crippled one. On the other hand, maybe it's actually kind to do so when the world outside is filled with wolves.