专门给儿童制作的编程语言KPL

Kid's Programming Language 

 Introduction:

• U.S. Computer Science enrollments have dropped by 2/3 the last few years, and shouldn’t

• We wanted to teach our own kids how to program

• We have fond memories of starting as programmers by coding games in BASIC

• Beginning programmers have been forgotten by the software industry for 20 years

• Specifically, VS.NET and Eclipse, the industry standard development environments, are NOT beginner environments

• Educational software could do much more for kids if it were easier to create, and with KPL it now is easier to create – even by teachers or parents who are not professional programmers

• U.S. Computer Science enrollments have dropped by 2/3 the last few years, and shouldn’t

• We wanted to teach our own kids how to program

• We have fond memories of starting as programmers by coding games in BASIC

• Beginning programmers have been forgotten by the software industry for 20 years

• Specifically, VS.NET and Eclipse, the industry standard development environments, are NOT beginner environments

• Educational software could do much more for kids if it were easier to create, and with KPL it now is easier to create – even by teachers or parents who are not professional programmers

What is Kid’s Programming Language (KPL)?

• was created for teaching beginners how to program

• is a simplified but modern programming language and development environment

• offers lots of sample educational KPL programs and games

• emphasizes graphics, sprites, sounds and game development

• is designed to help a beginner ‘graduate’ to Visual Studio or Eclipse

• can even generate C# or VB.NET code

http://www.kidsprogramminglanguage.com