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* 2004: NS Basic/Symbian | * 2004: NS Basic/Symbian | ||
* 2010: AppStudio | * 2010: AppStudio | ||
* Almost 20,000 users in 80+ countries | |||
* Used by high schools in England, Canada, US and Australia | |||
* Advantages of BASIC in teaching | * Advantages of BASIC in teaching | ||
Revision as of 12:57, 9 December 2013
History of NS BASIC and AppStudio
- Company founded in 1993 to create development tools for mobile devices
- BASIC has always been the main programming language
- 1993: NS Basic/Newton
- 1998: NS Basic/CE
- 2000: NS Basic/Palm
- 2004: NS Basic/Symbian
- 2010: AppStudio
- Almost 20,000 users in 80+ countries
- Used by high schools in England, Canada, US and Australia
- Advantages of BASIC in teaching
Preview of the next 4 days
- Review the daily program
- Review the objectives of each day
- Mix of lectures and lab sessions
- Pair programming for lab sessions encouraged
- Day 1: The IDE and the Language
- Day 2: Web Services and Device Features
- Day 3: MultiMedia, Social Media and Saving Data
- Day 4: JavaScript, device quirks and deploying
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- I'm talking too fast.
- You're not understanding well enough.
- You want me to go more in depth on some topics.
- There are additional topics you would like me to cover.