MakeBot

Free and easy to use Python and Ruby IDE for your Mac
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  • Rating:
  • License:
  • Freeware
  • Price:
  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • Stratolab
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://stratolab.com/
  • Operating Systems:
  • macOS
  • File Size:
  • 41 MB

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MakeBot Description

Free and easy to use Python and Ruby IDE for your Mac MakeBot is a simple to use IDE intended for experimentation and learning in the Python programming language. MakeBot comes with an easy to use graphics library, MoonUnit, and all the other components you will need to be able to easily write graphics programs and video games. Here are some key features of "MakeBot": · Simple Interface — It’s not covered with buttons and side panels so as to not confuse the subject: your program. · Small Interface — Uses screen real-estate sparingly so you can see more things simultaneously. It’s handy if you are writing a game and want to see the graphics output at the same time as your code. Especially handy if you are programming on a 12″ iBook without a lot of screen real estate. Or, if you are programming in your regular editor, you can keep this handy in the corner. · Type and Run — No need to create files if you just want to test a few lines of code, just type them in and go. Why bother saving a file someplace when you’ll just have to remember to delete it later. “How do I add a value to a list? Was it .append(), .add() or .expand()?” Just type in one line to try it out. · MoonUnit Graphics Package — This graphics package was developed for our Video Game Programming for Kids video game programming course, evolving and simplifying over the years. It features a straightforward API for drawing basic shapes, and also for animating frames and registering callbacks for UI events. The unique callback mechanism eliminates the need to teach event-driven programming. · Output Window Takes Keyboard Input — Some editor’s output windows only show output so if your program asks a question, you can’t respond. MakeBot’s output window takes keyboard input so a raw_input() call will work and you can answer. Great for teaching math through cryptography. · MakeBot Site-packages — When distributing MakeBot to student machines, you can include a site-packages folder that will be incorporated into the global Python path via a .pth file. This makes it easier to setup a computer lab since you need to distribute only one set of files installed in one place. · Customizable Docs Button — The Docs button opens an HTML page in the same folder as MakeBot so you can replace it with documentation relevant to your class. What's New in This Release: · Works on Intel and PowerPC Macintoshes, OSX 10.4 or greater · New mpkg installer that has separate parts for applications, frameworks, and site-packages/MakeBot.pth. · Includes universal binary forms of pygame, OpenGL, numarray, PyObjc, and py2app. · Publish command works for some programs but not all. We’re still working on this. Patches welcome. · When run the first time, Python is the default Builder, instead of (None). · Uninstaller is included, for those who have previous versions of MakeBot.


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