on 10/23/02 7:10 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> i found a "Family PC" magazine, which had a little article about Cocoa, >> and they were talking about how its a great new programming >> environment, thats simple enough for kids to learn (it appeared to be a >> graphical environment?) >> this magazine was published in 97 iirc.... os10 wasnt around then, and >> they were demoing it on whatever the current system was then (this was >> around the time of clones) >> it looked pretty interesting...but doesnt appear to have anything to do >> with unix. > > It's the best development environment out there, period. And I've tried > many, including MS Visual Studio, CodeWarrior Mac/Windows, etc.
Oooops. The "Cocoa" that the original poster is talking about is an older product, produced by Apple for children. It is a very simple object-based environment. It was literally drag-and-drop, and also basically operated like creating a flow chart, only in this case, the flow charts were the program. You could create stand-alone apps, but they also ran within Cocoa. It was like a super-weak color Hypercard. My son likes to play with it, but really wants something more real, but I haven't decided if _I_ want him coding, or what environment to get him started in. He's 12. (And my brother wrote his own version of Qbert on a Vic20 in Basic when he was 12.) :-) -- -Jon Glass Krakow, Poland <mailto:jonglass@;usa.net> <mailto:glasshaus5@;aol.com> "[T]he law . . . dictated by God Himself is, of course, superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times. No human laws are of any validity if contrary to this." --Alexander Hamilton, signer of the Constitution -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:G-Books-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:G-Books-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
