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Re: [OT] Development environment for education



Le mercredi 20 septembre 2006 à 22:57 +0200, Andreas Tille a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> I guess this question is OT here, but I hope the low volume
> of the list might be an excuse.  (Is there any better place
> to ask?)
> 
> I just had a talk with the ne teacher of my son who also
> teaches informatics.  He started migrating to Linux using
> dual boot systems and is using Arktur server.  It was
> quite a short discussion so I don't know much details -
> but there is light at horizont!
> 
> He said that he needs Windows for instance because of the
> nice development environment of Delphi because students get
> results really quickly.  So my question is: What programming
> environment could serve for the same purpose as free
> replacement.  I have heard about free pascal, but I don't
> know whether this might come close.  I personally would
> prefer Python - but they need a shiny environment ...

Freepascal and Python come with very poor development environment.
In term of very high level development environment your best bet is
Squeak/Smalltalk.

Also note the Squeak BotsInc learning environment developed by Stephane
Ducasse: http://smallwiki.unibe.ch/botsinc

Some teacher found it useful to teach geometry
http://community.ofset.org/wiki/Enseigner_la_g%C3%A9om%C3%
A9trie_avec_BotsInc

Best regards,

Hilaire

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