Program with Paint Brushes, Not Pencils

9 points | by skadamat 5 days ago

2 comments

Lerc 4 hours ago
I think there's something to that.
My starter program for 9 year olds was
```
    print("draw with the arrow keys");
    var cx=320;
    var cy=240;

    function move() {
      if (keyIsDown(38)) cy-=1;
      if (keyIsDown(40)) cy+=1;
      if (keyIsDown(37)) cx-=1;
      if (keyIsDown(39))    cx+=1;
    }

    function draw() {
      fillCircle(cx,cy,6);
    }

    run(move,draw);
```
I think since then I changed keyIsDown to keyHeldDown [with keyWentDown] as a compliment.
That combined with
https://fingswotidun.com/code/index.php/Keycodes
That gives an etch a sketch program and enough information of how to convert it to WASD which seems to be a universal impulse amongst 9year olds.
q2dg an hour ago
Why not using Processing?