Guido van Robot

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Guido van Robot This activity is extra Status stable v3.3 SVN sources in sourceforge.net .xo Bundle – GvR.xo svn.sourceforge.net - gvrng.pot | es | fr | ro  Others ca, de, it, nl, no Jeffrey Elkner, David Suarez Pascal, Paul Carduner, Steve Howell, Stas Zytkiewicz, and Waseem Daher see more templates or propose new

Guido van Robot, or GvR for short, is a programming language and free software application designed to introduce beginners to the fundamentals of programming.

Contents 1 News 2 About GvR 2.1 Lessons 2.2 screenshot 2.3 See also

[edit] News

Version 3.2 was released on January 20 and fixes a bug that prevented the worldbuilder to start. There was also a minor update to the Dutch language support.

[edit] About GvR

Guido van Robot is a localized minimalistic programming language providing just enough syntax to help students learn the concepts of sequencing, conditional branching, looping and procedural abstraction. Its biggest strength is that it permits this learning in an environment that combines the thrill of problem-solving with instant visual feedback. In short, it is an interactive, introductory programming language that is excellent for learning the basic concepts of programming, applicable in any high-level language. Best of all, it's a whole lot of fun, too!

At this point, you are probably asking yourself, What is GvR, specifically? The gist of it is that it is a robot represented by a triangle on the screen that moves around in a world made up of streets and avenues, walls and beepers, which Guido can collect or set. His actions are completely guided by a program written by the user.

One other item of interest about GvR is that it is a student-created project. GvR was initially written by students at Yorktown High School in Arlington, Virginia, with the help of professional programmers serving as mentors. You can navigate to the History page to learn more about this part of the project.

[edit] Lessons

GvRng includes 18 English and 10 Dutch lessons.

[edit] screenshot

Some shots from Guido van Robot v2.5

Develop a program

Language reference tab

Lessons displayed in WebView

[edit] See also

• Software projects
• GvR website
• Contact

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Genre:	Programming
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Short description:	A programming language and free software application designed to introduce beginners to the fundamentals of programming.
Description:	GvRng includes 18 English and 10 Dutch lessons.
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Repository URL:	http://gvr.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gvr/
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URL from which to download the last .xo bundle that works with old releases	http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=85427&use_mirror=0&filename=gvr-xo-3.3.xo&62959523
Activity version number:	3.3
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