on 23/10/02 02:27, Jon Glass at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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.) :-)
You're right, Jon. After reading another poster message, I remembered the "cocoa" environment for OpenDoc. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/RV: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:laurent.daudelin@;verizon.net bozotic /boh-zoh'tik/ or /boh-zo'tik/ adj.: [from the name of a TV clown even more losing than Ronald McDonald] Resembling or having the quality of a bozo; that is, clownish, ludicrously wrong, unintentionally humorous. Compare wonky, demented. Note that the noun `bozo' occurs in slang, but the mainstream adjectival form would be `bozo-like' or (in New England) `bozoish'. -- 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
