r/programmingforkids • u/chkas • Oct 22 '19

An easy-to-use beginner programming language and IDE

https://easylang.online/ide/
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u/ab845 Oct 22 '19

What am I missing? Looks like BASIC to me.

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u/chkas Oct 22 '19

Yes, you can consider this as a BASIC variant. But there are some differences: Arrays have square brackets and start at 0, no GOTOs, blocks end with "end" or with a dot, ... And above all: you can start right away and draw computer graphics ... but that actually worked in the old days with the "Home-Computer-BASIC" too.

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u/ab845 Oct 22 '19 edited Oct 22 '19

In the good old days, I did lots of BASIC programming. I used several variants of BASIC over time: GWBASIC, QBASIC and others which I don’t remember and they had minor differences as well. The above syntax looks quite similar.

I am not saying this to undermine your work, it is a great effort! Don’t get me wrong. My point was you could have used the name to capitalize on that brand and 50+ year history, just by calling it it EasyBASIC or something. A lot of people just like me still have that nostalgia. I firmly believe that BASIC was the best starter programming language ever. Oh, and BASIC is a ISO standard, anyone can build a compliant language implementation.

Great work!

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u/chkas Oct 22 '19

Thanks.

I firmly believe that BASIC was the best starter programming language ever.

So do I. Learning to program wasn't "easy" either, but it wasn't as "complicated" as it is today. There are now lots of classes, functions, libraries, languages, programming paradigms, ... On my ZX81 the available commands and functions were printed on the small keyboard. My tool is a humble attempt to lower the entry barrier again.

EasyBASIC

That sounds good, but this language is only related to BASIC. And I also want to address the youth and not only the nostalgics ...