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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by maxxxxx on Monday October 08, 2018 @10:12AM (#18167577)
"You can do good computer science with a desktop, a tablet, or a pen and paper. "

What development environments run well on a tablet?

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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by dagw on Monday October 08, 2018 @10:17AM (#18167630)
I haven't tried it, but people say nice things about Swift Playground. If you add a keyboard and an internet connection you can also use any of the web based IDEs and programming notebooks out there.
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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by maxxxxx on Monday October 08, 2018 @11:23AM (#18168261)
Why would you do this over a setup with real keyboards and a big screen? I couldn't imagine myself staring a tablet the whole day.
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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by dagw on Monday October 08, 2018 @02:24PM (#18169938)
Why would you do this over a setup with real keyboards and a big screen

Given the choice I wouldn't, my point was more that only having access to an iPad is no reason to not be able to learn how to program.

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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by chrisseaton on Monday October 08, 2018 @11:53AM (#18168550)
If you attach a Bluetooth keyboard and use a larger tablet what is the effective difference between that and a small laptop?
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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by gowld on Monday October 08, 2018 @12:01PM (#18168598)
Nothing, but that's disingenuous, because kids aren't hanging out with keyboards and >11inch screens.
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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by maxxxxx on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:37PM (#18169479)
Once we have 24" tablets maybe this would work for me.
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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by chrisseaton on Monday October 08, 2018 @10:56AM (#18168024)
Just one example is https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab-mobile.html
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