Greenfoot

[Michael Clease]

My boss game his latest copy of PcPro magazine (Feb), one of the cover stories is about teaching children to program or more to the point the fact that in britain it is a dying art thats not being encouraged by schools. :(

Its an interesting read and the example seems quite good.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/156921/teach-your-kids-to-code.html

Enjoy

Update:

had a look at the GreenFoot website and they have some nice public domain graphics

http://www.greenfoot.org/download/images.html

[sandyrepope]

The graphics at greenFoot are interesting even if there aren't very many yet.

Abraxas, have you ever tried the program? It does sound interesting.

Thanks
Sandy

[Michael Clease]

No, Java doesnt interest me so I dont bother.

I am looking at C++ again and some PB and TB when I get time.

[sandyrepope]

I thought about trying greenfoot but then when I found out that it requires jdk6, which won't install on my xp-home, I decided not to try it.

Sandy