Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Anthony Walter
Thank you all for your feedback. I will be following up with a stand alone demo program very soon based on what we've discussed. I will also be setting up a page or website for the community to continue with this project. If anyone would like to discussion this idea here further please feel free

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 06/03/2019 21:27, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > I did not explore remote control support, so unsure if it can do > that, but wouldn't be suprised if it could. A quick look and it has a "shared document" option, where everybody involved in the chat can see the same editor and make changes. Not an

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 06/03/2019 16:06, Anthony Walter wrote: > I could simply use Skype and > set him up to allow me to occasionally take control remotely, but I am > wondering if there might be a better way? For VOIP, I have been been using Jitsi [https://jitsi.org] for quite some time and talk across continents

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Martin Frb
I cc / reply-to the Lazarus list, since this is not an fpc topic. On 06/03/2019 20:49, Anthony Walter wrote: I agree that the hardest part would be detecting project changes. That is files opened, new files added, packages added or removed and so on. I think if I could or someone could write

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Anthony Walter
I agree that the hardest part would be detecting project changes. That is files opened, new files added, packages added or removed and so on. I think if I could or someone could write something to synchronize two instances of Lazarus on different computers / platforms, then rest of everything

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Martin Frb
On 06/03/2019 20:26, Martin Frb wrote: On 06/03/2019 20:04, Anthony Walter wrote: How does this sound to you guys? Like a good deal of work. - Adding a menu, and a form in a new package are trivial. - Storing your settings - Make an encrypted connection - The main bit of work:

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Martin Frb
On 06/03/2019 20:04, Anthony Walter wrote: How does this sound to you guys? Like a good deal of work. - Adding a menu, and a form in a new package are trivial. - Storing your settings - Make an encrypted connection - The main bit of work: SourceEditorInteface allows you to be notified of

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Anthony Walter
Thanks for the feedback guys. I have enough experience with IDE extensions that I know I could write something fit the needs I outline except for the VOIP part. Here is an outline of what I could create, and I'd like to get feedback from you guys to add to or alter this plan before I get started:

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Paul Breneman
On 3/6/2019 12:01 PM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: On Wed, 6 Mar 2019, Anthony Walter wrote: I need some advice from you guys. I might soon be teaching a child about computer programming and am considering using Free Pascal as the first language. The problem is the child is a distance away

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Ralf Quint
On 3/6/2019 8:06 AM, Anthony Walter wrote: I need some advice from you guys. I might soon be teaching a child about computer programming and am considering using Free Pascal as the first language. The problem is the child is a distance away from me and I want a way to see his code as he

Re: [fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Wed, 6 Mar 2019, Anthony Walter wrote: I need some advice from you guys. I might soon be teaching a child about computer programming and am considering using Free Pascal as the first language. The problem is the child is a distance away from me and I want a way to see his code as he types

[fpc-pascal] Need Advice: Teaching a Child Programming

2019-03-06 Thread Anthony Walter
I need some advice from you guys. I might soon be teaching a child about computer programming and am considering using Free Pascal as the first language. The problem is the child is a distance away from me and I want a way to see his code as he types and help him along by moving his cursor and