On 2012-08-09, Nils Bruin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 9, 11:27 am, Andrea Lazzarotto <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Are you referring to 10 years old students? > > OK, the main problem is I don't know what browser extension would do > the trick with which editor, so I wouldn't know how difficult it would > be to get working for myself, let alone how difficult it would be for > a student who is using a different computer system with who-knows- > which browser and who might not have a favourite editor at all.
well, nowadays the students understand that browsers can be different, and are savvy enough to install a new browser, if needed. Given that, installing a plugin/extension for a given browser is not such a huge hurdle. Comparing this to a hassle of installing Sage in a VM on Windows is a bit unfair :) > > So the hurdle is not entirely with the student :-). > > Don't underestimate how little very smart people with very good > mathematical skills need to know about computers to function nowadays! > It's very useful if sage can provide an environment where such people > can make some first steps in learning to program without them having > to get bogged down in environment configuration. we ARE talking about 30+ (if not 40+?) y.o. now, I bet! > The notebook goes a > long way in that direction. It just falls a little short for editing, > say, a class definition. > > -- -- -- To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
