Re: Primary Student Livecode Interface (Simplified Developer Interface)

2019-10-10 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
I have moved this discussion over here as there is the possibility to use pictures here, while one cannot on the Use-List. http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=107=33206=184151#p184149 On 10.10.19 22:01, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Three years ago I spent several months

Re: Primary Student Livecode Interface (Simplified Developer Interface)

2019-10-10 Thread Tore Nilsen via use-livecode
Hi! I teach a beginners course in programming on highschool level in Norway. Just like Devin, I have found that the most important thing is what you want your students to learn. The development environment is not very important. I try to introduce various components in a way that helps build

Re: Primary Student Livecode Interface (Simplified Developer Interface)

2019-10-10 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Three years ago I spent several months researching both the learner experience and how to fund, document, and market a UI specifically for young learners based on LiveCode Community Edition. Many of the readers here may recall phone conversations and emails with them during my

Re: Primary Student Livecode Interface (Simplified Developer Interface)

2019-10-10 Thread Devin Asay via use-livecode
RIchmond has an excellent point: your development environment is less important than your goal. The reason that all of us immediately typed ’set the userLevel to 5’ in HyperCard is that you wouldn’t get far in your task until you needed a bump-up to a higher level of capabilities. I also

Re: Primary Student Livecode Interface (Simplified Developer Interface)

2019-10-10 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Well: for starters you are going to have to trawl right through LiveCode and decide which capabilities fall into which of the 5 levels . . . Then decide who you are going to block, for instance, access to a button script at level 4; or partial blocking as you are going to allow buttons to do

Re: Primary Student Livecode Interface (Simplified Developer Interface)

2019-10-10 Thread Devin Asay via use-livecode
Hi John, This idea has been discussed over the years, but I don’t know of anyone who has implemented it. The userLevels were: 1 - Browsing - the ability to run and explore stacks, but no ability to make changes. 2 - Typing - added the ability to type and edit text in fields. 3 - Painting -

Primary Student Livecode Interface (Simplified Developer Interface)

2019-10-10 Thread JOHN PATTEN via use-livecode
Good Morning from SoCal, Quick question, anybody ever develop a simplified LiveCode “developer interface/tool“ project? If you’ve been around awhile, you might remember how HyperCard had multiple development modes. Level one allowed you to use drawing tools create buttons that would allow you