* What is P H R O G R A M?
- a .NET programming language and environment designed to introduce how to write, test and debug code.
- a commercial programming language designed by its creators to be understandable and appealing to beginning and intermediate programmers of all ages
* Why is it more fun in P H R O G R A M ?
- Phrogram is designed to make it as easy as possible for a beginner to learn.
- Phrogram, unlike other learning languages, is also carefully designed to make it assimilar as possible to the languages that are used today by professional programmers.
- Phrogram, unlike other learning languages, is also carefully designed to make it assimilar as possible to the languages that are used today by professional programmers.
* Origin, History, Who's who?, Language
Predecessor...
Predecessor...
What: The Phrogram Company, based in
Kent
What it does: Develops programming language that attempts to simplify computer development by making code read more like English.
Language Predecessor: Kids Programming Language (KPL)
History: Spun off from Morrison Schwartz, a computer consulting group started by Walt Morrison and Jon Schwartz.
KPL 1.0: The initial idea was to create a way to encourage kids to program. The first version of the software was called Kid's Programming Language, and was launched in July last year.
International: The program was downloaded more than 100,000 times, Schwartz said, and grew in popularity as people voluntarily translated it into 17 languages.
KPL 2.0: After achieving so many downloads, Schwartz said Phrogram wanted to broaden the idea to include anyone who wants to make a computer program. He said computer games or programming, for example, could become as common as making videos and uploading them to the Internet. The new version, launched about three weeks ago, is called Phrogram, a play on "frog" and "program."
The outcome: Schwartz said Phrogram cuts down on the amount of code a person has to write. For instance, to control a 3-D spaceship as it flies around on the screen, it takes 35 instructions with Phrogram. In other languages, it would take 10 times as many.
Solving a crisis: Schwartz said the four-person company hopes it can begin to address the fact that fewer students are interested in computer programming in college. If the process becomes simpler, and if you make it more fun by teaching people to program games, popularity could increase. "One of our slogans is if you can read and type, then you can program," he said.
Nitty-gritty: The software can be downloaded free from phrogram.com/, but versions are available for about $50 that allow developers to share a game or program they build without having to share the code.
What it does: Develops programming language that attempts to simplify computer development by making code read more like English.
Language Predecessor: Kids Programming Language (KPL)
History: Spun off from Morrison Schwartz, a computer consulting group started by Walt Morrison and Jon Schwartz.
KPL 1.0: The initial idea was to create a way to encourage kids to program. The first version of the software was called Kid's Programming Language, and was launched in July last year.
International: The program was downloaded more than 100,000 times, Schwartz said, and grew in popularity as people voluntarily translated it into 17 languages.
KPL 2.0: After achieving so many downloads, Schwartz said Phrogram wanted to broaden the idea to include anyone who wants to make a computer program. He said computer games or programming, for example, could become as common as making videos and uploading them to the Internet. The new version, launched about three weeks ago, is called Phrogram, a play on "frog" and "program."
The outcome: Schwartz said Phrogram cuts down on the amount of code a person has to write. For instance, to control a 3-D spaceship as it flies around on the screen, it takes 35 instructions with Phrogram. In other languages, it would take 10 times as many.
Solving a crisis: Schwartz said the four-person company hopes it can begin to address the fact that fewer students are interested in computer programming in college. If the process becomes simpler, and if you make it more fun by teaching people to program games, popularity could increase. "One of our slogans is if you can read and type, then you can program," he said.
Nitty-gritty: The software can be downloaded free from phrogram.com/, but versions are available for about $50 that allow developers to share a game or program they build without having to share the code.
* Funny anecdotes, comments of famous CS people
§ "I am a quantitative analyst in finance so I do quite a lot of odds and
ends programming. I am VERY impressed with Phrogram. The modular setup of your
environment makes understanding the ultimate result of code lines and blocks
much easier than many other environments that I've worked with. I have often
thought of breaking my kids in to programming with VBA/Excel. But it would have
been a stretch to keep their interest level high. Your method of working in
graphics objects (most of which are already objects) creates immediate
interest. Bravo!"
-Steve Futch Director Quantitative Research BME Investment
Management Atlanta, GA, USA
§ "I am very excited about Phrogram as a bridge language to learning
modern programming. I checked out Visual C++ Express. It looks great for a
programmer like myself, but expects too much too fast for a kid who would be
motivated by game-development. Also, my eldest daughter is not a comp-sci
geek like her mother, but she saw Phrogram and said "I'd like to do
programming if I could do stuff like that!""
-Caroline Macri Computer Programmer New
Hope, PA, USA
§ "We downloaded the trial version of Phrogram and my son loves working
with it and learning to program. His interest in programming is growing
daily and he is very excited about being able to program the computer! Thanks
for making such a great product available for children and beginner programmers.
I learned to program in BASIC and FORTRAN 77 and Phrogram is so much more
user friendly!"
-Jeremy McKinnis Project Manager, Marqswitch
Fayetteville, NY
* Comments of your good-looking
students :)
- Domingo, Pearl Angela 2010-52647
"Design is similar to object oriented languages like Java and C++ with syntax similar to Python, I find it easy to learn and looks user-friendly for first time programmers. I find it nice to have a support for 3D environment development for games and graphics."
- Bacalzo, Dionisio N. 2010-11703
"I have learned several languages by now and I can tell what is the edge of Phrogram to other languages. What makes Phrogram interesting to me is that I do not really have that (what????) impression just by reading the code. Actually it's like I'm reading a paragraph in English language. It is very direct to the point and is easy to debug. By its powerful features on readability and writability, I believe that this kind of language is a best starter to beginners who would want to learn programming."
- Clores, Maureen O. 2010-67512
"Phrogram is an easy to learn and easy to understand programming laguage. 3D Game Developers would love this just like how game developers love Java and other Object Oriented Programming Languages."
- Esquinas, Jessel D. 2010-43868
"Phrogram is very user-friendly and it is language that can be easily learned. It is the perfect programming language for beginners."
- Palevino, Karla 2010-19841
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SOURCES:
SOURCES:
Tricia Duryee, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003330206_btinterface30.html
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0pYP1zOzZg
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