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Games Teaching the Basics of Programming

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hooked-on-programming-worked-for-me dept.

RandomPrecision writes to tell us Wired is reporting that computer programmer Igor Kholodov has created a game designed to make learning the basics of programming fun. From the article 'The board game turns players into skiers who must race down a mountain in the quickest way possible. With each roll of the die, players must follow instructions that are similar to computer program codes. Using basic math, players have to figure out which paths are open to them and then decide the fastest way to the finish line.'"

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  1. Dupe & More by AKAImBatman · · Score: 4, Informative

    1. It's a dupe

    2. New programmers may find Robocode more interesting. It allows players to actually program instead of just "learning about it".

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  2. Anyone else remember by joeflies · · Score: 2, Informative

    Robot Odyssey

  3. Re:Repetitive Learning Pays Off by plover · · Score: 2, Informative
    He never said any such thing as "don't learn GOTO" or that "GOTO would screw up programmers". He first identified that the quantity of GOTO statements had an inverse correlation with the quality of the programmers and the programs they produced. He then listed several reasons why indiscriminant GOTOs tended to screw up higher level languages. His claim was that its use should be restricted to machine languages.

    His paper makes the inference that you know what a GOTO is and what it does, and explains why under most circumstances it's not the best choice.

    His paper is very short -- you might want to give it a quick read.

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