[starlogo-users] StarLogo TNG Development Status

[Eric Klopfer]

Thanks for the positive feedback.

StarLogo TNG is still under very active development.  After the last preview release (3) we decided that there were several components that needed some significant work. We are now on the verge (a few weeks) of our first real "beta" release.  This release will include a new blocks interface rewritten from the ground up for speed, stability and extensibility.  It will also include a much more user friendly and easier to navigate 3D spaceland, new commands and capabilities (sound, lists, and "smell", etc.), and lots of bug fixes (including the comma fix).  We're still working out the final touches on the new blocks, but everything else is done.  We hope to have this released soon (followed by summer 2007 for release 1.0 - only a year late, not so bad in the software business :-)

Eric


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Hi,

First of all, thanks for this great education tool! I'm a teacher and
this software is so motivating for the students, that they program like
crazy and don't even realize how much they're learning.

I'm just wondering if development is still proceeding. In the FAQ it
says something about summer 2006 for release 1.0 and their seems to have
been activity in the developer blog, etc. up until about
October/November 2006, with mention of preview 4 (which amongst other
things promises a fix for the european comma/decimal bug). But now there
seems to be no activity.  I */really/* hope you continue with the
project at least to version 1.0! *Please* don't give up now! This
software is great, but still a little buggy...please finish it!

Cheers,

Josh Buhl

-- What if it really /is/ all about the Hokey-Pokey?