miniC++: a minimal, drag and drop environment to teach C/C++
This project implements a minimal C++ programming environment similar to Scratch’s.
In the miniC++ environment you can drag and drop C++ blocks to:
- create integer constants, variables and arrays (mono and bidimensional)
- assign values to integer constants, variables and arrays (mono and bidimensional)
- define and call integer functions
- pass arguments by reference
- I/O integer values
Then you can run a program just clicking on it.
To use the miniC++ environment you have only to download and install BYOB (an advanced version of Scratch by Jens Moenig and Brian Harvey) from http://byob.berkeley.edu (or from http://byob.sitibs.com/BYOB3.exe) and then download and doubleclick the miniC++ project from
http://byob.sitibs.com/miniC++v2.0.ypr
The miniC++ 2.0 project includes several sample programs. Remove them for better performances.
Most of the interesting programming tools of C and C++ (structures, pointers, classes) are not present in version 2.0 of miniC++.
The rationale is that miniC++ is tought as a step from a beginners programming language such as Scratch (or a more advanced programming language such as BYOB) to a regular programming language such as C.
The only parts of C++ that are included in version 2.0 of miniC++ are the iostream (easier than the printf/scanf functions of C) and the passing by reference mechanism (easier than the &/* pair of C).
