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The Koala ProjectNick Pachulski

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History

Started by Colin Kuebler

Why the name?

Cuter than QT

Safer than Python

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About

Safe, sandbox programming environment for beginners.

Simple and easy to learn syntax.

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Goals

Create more programmers

And Instill open-source values in them

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Syntax Snippets

Very simple syntax.

Variables are put in [boxes]

Then the variable [boxes] can be used:

[new_box] = [boxes] multiplied by [boxes]

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Functions

Every file is its own function.

Wherever it’s included in another file, it will be executed.

For example ex1.k runs the code in ex2.k five times with:

do { ex2.k } 5 times

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So Very, Very SimpleSyntax!

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Back End

Web Site - Ruby on Rails

Models:UserUser User

Project Project

Source Files

“Have many” top->down

relationships...Comments

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Browser Compatibility

Tested on:

Mozilla 3.6.19, 5.0.1

Chrome 13.0.782.112

Safari 5.1

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Future Plans

Mobile browser support for use as an iPhone/iPad bookmark app

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I learned

Ruby & the Rails web framework

Git (Pro Git)

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