[Tux4kids-discuss] Fwd: Getting started with Tux4Kids

Fri Feb 7 09:08:10 UTC 2014

Hello everyone,

I am the, former, student who worked on TuxCoding last year. You can find
the source code of TuxCoding here:
https://bitbucket.org/adeneche/tuxcoding

Along with a Wiki page that explains how to build the game from the source
code. It requires HaxeFlixel, and thus Haxe, and may require quite some
time to get the building tools up and running, but once it's done modifying
the code shouldn't be too difficult, if you know Haxe of course ;)

Feel free to ask any question you want, but don't worry if I take some time
to answer :P

Btw, I want to be a mentor this year, is there anything specific I should
be doing with Melange to become a mentor ?

Regards,
AbdelHakim Deneche

On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Brendan Luchen <cheezmeister at gmail.com>wrote:

>  The first step would be to locate, download, and build the source code
> to the app. I don't actually know where it lives or what state it's in, so
> you may have to dive through some list archives (sorry!)
>
> -Brendan
>
>
> On 01/31/2014 08:20 AM, Umang Goel wrote:
>
> Hi Brendan,
>
>  What i hope to accomplish :
>  I was thinking to develop something on the lines of what was developed in
> GSOC '13 project of mobile and visual programming game. I wanted to build
> an app which would allow you to code without actually writing the code but
> just with help of symbols. I also wanted to give an interface which would
> be kind of interactive and user can actually see things happening as the
> result of the code. It would be useful for children of age group 10-12 as
> it would give them an idea of what coding is and expose them to various
> aspects of programming. It would be more like a game and user would need to
> come up with some programming solutions to win the game. The user would
> also be able to check their code by just simply running it. The execution
> of code would also be more like a visual output. It would show how each
> line(or rather command) written by user is executed.
> It would include all the basics constructs of any programming language
> like conditional statements(if-else,switch) , loops , ,functions ,recursion
> etc.I would also like to add all the object oriented programming concepts
> like inheritance to it.Also I would like to introduce some data-structures
> like arrays, trees, queue, stacks, heaps etc which would be required to win
> the game. There would be different levels and difficulty of each level
> would keep increasing.
>  If data structures are also added then it would not only help children
> of age group 10-12 but it would also be useful for students in their
> high-school or above as it would help them visualize how a program executes.
>
>  Which app would I like to work on :
>  This kind of app has already been started by someone as a part of GSOC
> '13 project. I would be applying for GSOC this year , so I would like to
> take it as my GSOC  project and add to it some more functionalities
> mentioned above. That was mobile game but I want to extend it to a
> web-based game.
>
>  Other questions :
>  I would like to know if that app could be extended in terms of features
> or if some kinds of improvements are required. If it is the case I would be
> more than happy to contribute to your organization by working on that app .
> As I'm new to your Tux4Kids I would also like to know how can I start .
>  Looking forward for your reply.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Umang Goel.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 7:59 AM, Brendan Luchen <cheezmeister at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Umang,
>>
>> What is it you hope to accomplish? Which app would you like to work on?
>> What other questions do you have?
>>
>> Brendan
>>
>>
>> On Wed 29 Jan 2014 12:37:36 AM PST, Umang Goel wrote:
>>
>>>  Hello,
>>> I'm new to this organization and i want to start contributing to this
>>> project.
>>> I'm a Btech 2nd year student and I have moderate experience in
>>> android, javascript and phonegap.
>>> I have read the ideas page and I'm very keen to work on the idea of
>>> developing mobile applicatons for Tux4Kids. I've also read the GSOC
>>> '13 project of mobile and visual programming game and would like to
>>> extend it with various OOP's concepts and other programming techniques
>>> using the visual interface.
>>> So I would like to know how can I start .
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Umang Goel.
>>>
>>>
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