User:Vbakke/Draft/Tynker
Tynker is an educational programming platform aiming at teaching kids how to make games and programs. Instead of typing the source code you visually drag blocks of code and snap them together. The visual design and principles are based on the free Scratch, just like Hopscotch and Snap!. Unlike Scratch, Tynker is not based on proprietary Adobe Flash, but HTML5 and JavaScript, can be used in the browser without plugins, as well as on tablets and smartphones.[1] Another difference is that Scratch is free open source project, while Tynker is a commercial product, aiming at selling courses.[2]
Parts of the Tynker concept is free to use:
- the editor where you make your games and programs
- some puzzles where you use programming blocks to solve the puzzles*
- artist made graphics, such as backdrops, actors and sounds*
- brief block reference
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The Tynker company was founded in April 2013 [3] and is based in Mountain View, Califorina, Unitied States [4]
References
- ^ "With 5M Users Already On Board, Tynker Goes Mobile To Help Kids Learn To Code On The iPad". http://techcrunch.com/. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "Tynker's Cources". http://www.tynker.com/. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "Tynker introduces your kids to programming code either at home or at school". http://www.gizmag.com/. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "CrunchBase". https://www.crunchbase.com/. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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Talk
Don't know if it is considered advertisement to use Tynker's Courses page as a reference. But then again, what better reference is there that you have to buy Tynker courses than the page itself. Free free to remove if someone finds it inappropriate.