Frame-Based Novice Programming
Joe Dillane · 2020
As visual programming languages become more widespread and accessible, there is an increasing likelihood that students' first encounters with programming will be through manipulating blocks on a screen rather than typing text. Therefore, supporting the transition from block-based programming languages to general text-based languages will be important if they go on to more advanced programming studies. This work sets out to explore the user experience of Stride, the hybrid visual/text-based programming language and environment that has been designed for this transition.