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vitoralmeidaon Ask HN: With a single site per comment, which sites do you visit regularly?

arstechnica.com

vitoralmeidaon Ask HN: How do you teach you kids about computers and coding?

I believe PICO-8 (https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php) is one of the most simple and fun environments for kids to learn programming (specially game programming). It's very accessible and affordable.

vitoralmeidaon QuickBASIC Lives on with QB64

PICO-8 (https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php) is a good alternative to a very simple system with a focus on game programming.

It captures that vibe of an old computer system (where you turn it on and are ready to program immediately) with simplicity and an awesome community to learn from.

vitoralmeidaon The Video Game Software Wizardry of Id (2002)

Actually It really doesnt need to be an app. I made it because I was learning Android programming and I was looking for a simple idea to implement.

The internet permission is required because of the ads unfortunately...

vitoralmeidaon The Video Game Software Wizardry of Id (2002)

id games were some of the best of its time, containing a good mastery of technical and fun gameplay elements. I´ve made a nice Android app with all the older .plan files documenting John Carmack´s insights on the development of Doom and Quake: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitoralmei....

vitoralmeidaon Here be dragons: the same 3D scene implemented with 10 different 3D APIs

How about a pico-8 version?

vitoralmeidaon Kotlin is the hero Android needs

Genuine question: what is wrong with Java from a pragmatic point of view?

vitoralmeidaon Ask HN: What is your side project for 2017?

Ok, it is now available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitoralmei...

vitoralmeidaon Ask HN: What is your side project for 2017?

I'm working on Android app that is as a reader of the old John Carmack . plan files. Probably going to release it in January on Google Play.

vitoralmeidaon The First Browser Dedicated to Developers Is Coming

Lower the barrier? The barrier IS lower enough even for kids... Javascript is the basic of this generation. There aren´t any barriers for new programmers to just sit and learn programming. The tools are already available in the browser. You can learn web programming with your PC, mobile, chromebook, macbook, "any"book.

But yes, I would really like to have more mature and integrated developer tools.

vitoralmeidaon Asciiflow

This is definitely a useful tool to embed diagrams on source code.