KidsRuby Lightning Talk

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KidsRuby

- There are not enough programmers in the world

- The best programmers all started when young

- Computer programming education budgets are getting slashed in the US/UK and elsewhere!

- _why the lucky stiff cared a lot about teaching kids, created Hackety-Hack

- But hackety-hack is showing its age. It does not actually run "normal" Ruby code like "puts"!

- Most kid hackers want to write something like this as first program:
  100.times do
    puts "my teacher sucks"
  end
  Or they want to create games...
  
- KidsRuby is a real Ruby, with a simple editor, so kids can just turn it on and start using like, like the Commodore 64s or TRS-80 of the "old days"

- Written in Ruby and JavaScript, to make it easier for people to contribute

- Compatible with many code samples used in Hackety-Hack, especially the Turtle graphics. Also includes Gosu game library.

- We need your help! KidsRuby classes, help with the editor, help with curriculum

AFTER ALL, THINK OF THE CHILDREN!