BASIC for Android

#1

Post by watchdogtimer » Mon, May 09, 2016, 2:49 AM UTC

BASIC for Android
play.google.com

Re: BASIC for Android

#2

Post by nurettin » Mon, May 09, 2016, 5:23 AM UTC

"This item cannot be installed in your device's country" (Turkey)

Is this intentional?

Re: BASIC for Android

#3

Post by matkam » Mon, May 09, 2016, 5:37 AM UTC

This is great. BASIC was my first programming language on a TI-92 calculator. It provides an invitation to new would-be programmers to explore writing code. Having it available on Android just opens the door for more people to try.

Re: BASIC for Android

#4

Post by groovy2shoes » Mon, May 09, 2016, 6:30 AM UTC

nurettin wrote: post #2

"This item cannot be installed in your device's country" (Turkey) Is this intentional?

Since it has functions for encryption, it might be subject to US export restrictions.

Re: BASIC for Android

#5

Post by Elhana » Mon, May 09, 2016, 6:37 AM UTC

groovy2shoes wrote: post #4

nurettin wrote: post #2

"This item cannot be installed in your device's country" (Turkey) Is this intentional?

Since it has functions for encryption, it might be subject to US export restrictions.

Can be installed just fine in Russia.

Re: BASIC for Android

#6

Post by kyriakos » Mon, May 09, 2016, 6:45 AM UTC

Elhana wrote: post #5

groovy2shoes wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Since it has functions for encryption, it might be subject to US export restrictions.

Can be installed just fine in Russia.

Russia > Turkey

Re: BASIC for Android

#7

Post by digi_owl » Mon, May 09, 2016, 6:46 AM UTC

I seem to recall that back when Android was new, Google was pitching a web based RAD tool to develop simple apps.

Re: BASIC for Android

#8

Post by thaumasiotes » Mon, May 09, 2016, 6:57 AM UTC

Elhana wrote: post #5

groovy2shoes wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Since it has functions for encryption, it might be subject to US export restrictions.

Can be installed just fine in Russia.

This is purely speculation -- I have no reason to favor any belief about the actual state of reality here -- but it might also be subject to import restrictions.

Re: BASIC for Android

#9

Post by jarcane » Mon, May 09, 2016, 7:02 AM UTC

There's also this one, which seems to be a bit more of a structured approach: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilebasi...

The trouble I always wind up having with these though is you quickly discover that it's a huge pain in the ass trying to type code on an Android touch keyboard. Even in the days you could still get physical keyboards it was hardly pleasant. I just wind up writing a couple basic "Hello World" programs and get bored.

Re: BASIC for Android

#10

Post by chipsy » Mon, May 09, 2016, 8:32 AM UTC

I remember trying this one and thinking that the language was fine(it is literally an update from the makers of the Atari 8-bit BASIC) but the UI is unsuitable as it uses generic Android text input, the same flaw shared by most every other on-device IDE I've tried. That doesn't just mean that it's crude, it's also buggy - the view desynchronizes when editing large bodies of text using that text control.

What touchscreen programming needs is a really polished touchscreen UI, and that challenges the whole assumption of a text editor being ergonomically optimal.