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Re:Is Google App Inventor A Gateway Drug Or A Doomsday Devic... by jamesbritt on Monday July 12, 2010 @12:56PM (#1508522)
'They both utilize the concept of visually displaying code segments as "building blocks" which fit together like puzzle pieces to give a visual representation of whether or not code will work.'

Sounds like Lego Mindstorms as well.

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Re:Is Google App Inventor A Gateway Drug Or A Doomsday Devic... by giantfuzzypanda on Monday July 12, 2010 @09:35PM (#1510082)
Things like Lego Mindstorms help kids move on to the next step - maybe Visual Basic or Python. No one starts off with programming, it's usually WYSIWYG or similar paradigms.
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Re:Is Google App Inventor A Gateway Drug Or A Doomsday Devic... by jamesbritt on Tuesday July 13, 2010 @02:27AM (#1510566)
"No one starts off with programming, it's usually WYSIWYG or similar paradigms."

Or Excel.

People do the weirdest things with it, folks who would be perplexed if you suggested that their improvised use of a spreadsheet made them a hacker.

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