[Year 12 SofDev] Programming on the iPad with Codea

[Jackson Isted]

Hi,

Coming from a child who has started proper coding recently
(me.learnAllTheJava()) I have found the Minecraft Mod ComputerCraft (Wiki:
http://computercraft.info) was a great way to get me into Lua as it
provided me with a reason to learn it. I wanted to be able to make things,
do things in an environment I know well.

With it you can create "Computers" and "Turtle" (Computers that can move
and perform actions with the world) that run an embedded Lua implementation
and some custom API's that allow them to interact with the things around
them and well as use some normal Minecraft (most people refer to this as
"Vanilla Minecraft") mechanics.

It's actually what got me into coding properly.


Thanks,
Jackson Isted

Sent from my iPhone

On 26 Oct 2013, at 3:42 pm, Mark Schumann <mark.schumann at yvg.vic.edu.au>
wrote:

  Hi Kevork,

 I used Codea with my Year 9s using the tutorial below as an introduction:

 https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/ForKids

 I found it worked very well but beyond that tutorial it became quite
difficult for the year 9 group to develop anything more complex than a few
sprites moving around the screen. Interactions, collisions, explosions,
animations, etc, were all quite complex to develop given it's purely code
(with a few visual cues). Lua is very easy to learn but with the limited
time I had with my year 9s it became a little too difficult.

 I ended up using the app GamePress for iPad, which is closer to GameMaker
in design and allows for logical branching of behaviours (collisions are
VERY easy in that respect), a greater library of assets, and a good visual
interface with drag and drop capability.

 Feel free to contact me off list for more detail.

 Mark
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*Subject:* [Year 12 SofDev] Programming on the iPad with Codea

  Hi Folks,



Sorry for the cross posts but recently  I have been quite absorbed with
Codea as a programming language that can be a huge attraction for students
of any year level in schools using iPads.

Has anyone taught programming on the iPad using this application? – it uses
the language Lua,  http://www.lua.org/about.html

I am already looking at creating a beginner’s tutorial of say 10 lessons
and then an intermediate version. It looks like an amazing hook to get
students into IT / gaming / programming in middle and senior years
considering they can do the work anywhere with their tablet on the bus, on
the train, in the school playground, at home, in the car and oh I nearly
forgot,  the classroom J



Kind Regards



Kevork Krozian

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