Recently, Judy Perry wrote: > If you had a month, meaning, 4 long sessions or 8 shorter sessions, to get > an absolute Joe Public to make something small but semi-interesting in LC, > i.e., something they couldn't do in PowerPoint, what are the top 5 things > you'd want them to learn about programming? > > I mean, I'm guessing it's something like IDE, Stack-Card metaphor, > commands, functions, conditionals, variables... but I'm looking for those > categories along with some specific examples per my caveats below.
Looking at this from a project point of view, I'd suggest building a music player and/or media player. There are a bunch of concepts to learn: - media/file handling - control logic - interface layout and display Seeing and/or hearing the results of a project can be very gratifying for students who are new to programming. Other possibilities: - Calculator - Clock (digital and/or analog) - Simon game Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode