Re:Visual Programming and Why It Sucks
by Turing_Machine on Sunday September 09, 2012 @10:47AM
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It can the most optimal and easiest way if you just want to solve your problem without spending several years learning how to program.
Re:Visual Programming and Why It Sucks
by Karunamon on Sunday September 09, 2012 @10:53AM
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Since when does it take several years learning to program to solve a problem?
Re:Visual Programming and Why It Sucks
by Turing_Machine on Sunday September 09, 2012 @10:58AM
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http://scratch.mit.edu/channel/featured
1) Pick one of these at random. 2) Assign a person who knows nothing about programming to write it in C. 3) See how long it takes.
Re:Visual Programming and Why It Sucks
by Turing_Machine on Sunday September 09, 2012 @11:06AM
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Also 4) the person you're assigning to the job is a third grader.
Re:Visual Programming and Why It Sucks
by thebigshane on Sunday September 09, 2012 @12:53PM
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Why does it need to be C?
Why not python or javascript?
Re:Visual Programming and Why It Sucks
by Turing_Machine on Sunday September 09, 2012 @02:59PM
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Feel free to run the experiment. No matter what text-based language you use, it's going to take a helluva lot longer than Scratch. That is the actual point here.
Scratch is awesome and as I mention in the article, one of the strengths of visual programming is that it requires much less training before you are able to actually "do" stuff. However, just because you can* do something doesn't mean it's the most optimal or the easiest way to do it.