Using Pencil Code to Bridge the Gap between Visual and Text-Based Coding (Abstract Only)
David Anthony Bau, Matthew Dawson, Anthony Bau · 2015
This workshop introduces a new educational programming environment Pencil Code, which helps bridge the learning gap between visual programming and text-based coding. The free open-source online tool allows students to work with programs using either blocks or Coffeescript or Javascript text code. Students can switch between visual and text modes at any time.