Huge Kidz Upgrade!

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Kidz - the Glitch alternative for kids is now getting a huge upgrade! We've began beta testing for TheCoder, our Glimmer alternative.

WE'RE NO LONGER LOOKING FOR DEVELOPERS ANYMORE DUE TO PRIVACY CONCERNS.

How are we kid friendly, you may ask?

  • Kid friendly design
  • We don’t host, we just give links to prevent kids from posting unnecessary stuff
  • We have a clean design
  • We have a support forum
  • We have a support email
  • We’re all awesome (that may not fit in the category, but it’s good to mention)
  • We have text safety measures (no swearing) in our blog posts (beta)
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okay, got it.

When will this upgrade be released? i might try it

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It’s in beta. IDK yet. You can try our current program kidz.glitch.me

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Too many threads, isn’t possible to post updates on the same thread?

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OK. I thought it would be confusing

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What would be intresting is if we could teach kids to use a node editor to code nodejs. Node editors actually don’t slow you down because you can search for the nodes you need with a keyboard shortcut(does scrtach have that?)

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IDK. It may take a while

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I still don’t get how we can install npm packages. :pensive::joy:

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Hi, I took a look at the project, if I’m going to answer honestly I’d have to say I’m not impressed. The editor is not an editor, it’s 3 textareas. Which is obviously kinda bad, no tabbing, syntax highlighting or intellisense what so ever, I recommend implementing vscode, Ace or CodeMirror.

The landing page is not response either, a phone user wouldn’t see all the content on the page compared to a pc user, to fix this I recommend looking into css flexboxes, there is also an interactive game made to learn flexboxes.

Good luck!

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Exactly what I requested for in the main thread.

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Yeah some things you just shouldn’t reinvent the wheel for. Static site generators and ui are nice to make your own of but a code editor probaly not.

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Yeah, I’ve been wanting to set up Monaco, but I can’t understand anything in the documentation.

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Seems to be quite object oriented like discordjs but much more complex.
https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/playground.html
There’s a easy example here though

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Ace.js looks good.  

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I’m going back to editing new-learn-code (the text editor that Kidz uses with permission) and adding CodeMirror and script tabs (you can switch files)

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And @anon69241012, Is the text safety a lie? I’ve gone on the editor and view the source - there’s no swearing filter.

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new update for kidz coming out nice:

Screenshot 2020-06-03 at 2.29.21 PM
Thanks @ihack2712 for the feedback!

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Few issues

  1. Favicon blends in with tab background, barely recognizable. https://file.coffee/u/kLCFa8-Zfl.png
  2. The statements & Blog page are just big white pages with a tiny bit of text. https://file.coffee/u/5x5d9heBx1.png & https://file.coffee/u/ugNev-7WaQ.png
  3. It might be a good idea to put more things in the footer, https://file.coffee/u/MSSveH6kJj.png Including things such as email, and quick links.
  4. Your editor is just 3 text boxes. Why should one use Kidz instead of codepen or glitch’s editor?
  5. How is any of this “kid” friendly? Don’t see any filters anywhere.
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I was thinking to make it more kid friendly you should add in some premade programs that you can tweak. Examples:


https://golang.org

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I will integrate it soon. Sorry I forgot. I thought i put it in