Debian Junior programming packages

Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.

This package will install the integrated development environment that allows for program writing, code verification, compiling, and uploading to the Arduino development board. Example code will also be installed.

Some base AVR libraries will be provided by the depending additional package arduino-core-avr. More libraries can be installed within the IDE itself by calling the libarary manager. This requires a working internet access.

«Guido van Robot Next Generation» (GvRng) es un proyecto desarrollado por estudiantes de instituto avanzados para que sea utilizado por sus compañeros como una herramienta de aprendizaje y es un precursor de un estudio posterior sobre la programación en Python. Es un lenguaje de programación minimalista que proporciona la sintaxis necesaria para ayudar a los estudiantes a aprender los conceptos de secuenciado, ramificación condicional, bucles y abstración procedimental.

Su mayor potencial es que permite este aprendizaje en un entorno que combina la resolución de problemas con una realimentación visual instantánea. Para resumir, es un lenguaje de programación introductorio interactivo que es excelente para aprender los conceptos básicos de la programación, aplicables en cualquier lenguaje de alto nivel.

La versión GvRng reemplaza al viejo programa GvR que usaba wxPython para la interfaz gráfica.

KTurtle is an educational programming environment which uses the TurtleScript programming language (inspired by Logo) to make programming as easy and accessible as possible.

The user issues TurtleScript language commands to control the "turtle", which draws on the canvas, making KTurtle suitable for teaching elementary mathematics, geometry and programming.

This package is part of the KDE education module.

Laby is a small program to learn how to program with ants and spider webs. You have to move an ant out of a labyrinth, avoid spider webs, move rocks, etc.

Using Laby, you can learn OCaml, C, C++, Java, Prolog, Ruby, Pascal, JavaScript, Python, Lua, Vala, Scheme, Go and PHP. Other bindings can easily be added to support new programming languages.

Little Wizard is created especially for primary school children. It allows one to learn using main elements of present computer languages, including: variables, expressions, loops, conditions, logical blocks. Every element of language is represented by an intuitive icon. Little Wizard can be used without using keyboard, only mouse.

Pure Data (also known as Pd) is a real-time graphical programming environment for audio and graphics processing. Pd's audio functions are built-in; graphical computations require separate packages such as gem (Graphics Environment for Multimedia) or pd-pdp (Pd Packet).

This is a metapackage that depends on all components of the core of Pd.

Scratch es un entorno de programación fácil, interactivo y colaborativo diseñado para la creación de historias interactivas, animaciones, juegos, música y arte -- y compartirlos en la web. Scratch está diseñado para ayudar a los niños/as (mayores de 8 años) a desarrollar las competencias del siglo XXI. A medida que crean proyectos de Scratch los niños/as aprenden importantes ideas matemáticas y computacionales, además de obtener un profundo entendimiento del proceso de diseño.

A free live coding synth for everyone. Originally designed to support computing and music lessons within schools. Use code to compose and perform in classical and contemporary styles ranging from Canons to Dubstep.

Scratch is an easy, interactive, collaborative programming environment designed for creation of interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and sharing these on the web.

Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design.

This package contains the plugins needed by Scratch and its derivatives.

Squeak is a full-featured implementation of the Smalltalk programming language and environment based on (and largely compatible with) the original Smalltalk-80 system.

This package contains just the Unix Squeak virtual machine. You will likely need also an image file containing a "snapshot" of a live Squeak session - e.g. one of the Debian packages etoys or scratch.