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Re: intro and question
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Mon, 17 Jun 2002 01:15:38 GMT
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In article <3.0.6.32.20020616134215.007b8990@pop6.sympatico.ca>,
lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Laura O'Grady) wrote:
> So now I am considering purchasing either "Dave Baum's Definitive Guide to
> LEGO Mindstorms" to learn NQC or "Core LEGO MINDSTORMS Programming: Unleash
> the Power of the Java Platform" by Brian Bagnall to learn JAVA. I just
> ran a quick search and found this interesting article called
> "Ada/Mindstorms 3.0: A Computational Environment for Introductory Robotics
> and Programming" (found at
> http://www.faginfamily.net/barry/Papers/IEEERA.htm). In this article the
> author advises that NQC is difficult for the novice programmer to learn and
> use.
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> So now I am concerned about going the NQC route. Maybe I should try this
> Ada/Mindstorms software. Any thoughts? Also what is the relationship
> between RcxCC and NQC? Thanks.
The paper you refer to cites two basic reasons why he considers NQC
difficult for novices: poor error messages and a command line interface.
The first criticism is true, and probably not going to be remedied
anytime soon. Most people get the hang of it soon enough and learn what
to look for when the compiler yells "syntax error". To be honest, the
couple of times that I have run NQC sessions for kids I have been
surprised at how fast they pick it up.
The second criticism isn't true for Windows or Macintosh. Other people
have stepped up and provided GUIs for NQC on those platforms. The first
one was RcxCC, which was later renamed to BricxCC. It is the most
popular GUI for NQC, and the one I suggest that people start with.
Dave
p.s. And of course buy my book :)
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| Hi, I have your 1.0/1.5 book and just got around to looking at the CD. Does the 2.0 book contain new items? Are there pix of the Construction Techniques chapter of the book on the CD or web? Those would be very handy for teaching a robotics class. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hello everyone! I have been semi-lurking on the list for a few months, with the occasional post. I have only recently gotten into Mindstorms and wanted to ask about moving on to another language to program the RCX with. I have no programming skills (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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