Pencil Code is an educational programming language and website. It allows programming using either Scratch-style block coding, or CoffeeScript. Code runs directly in the web browser and can be shared with others. The language centers on a model of a pencil programmatically drawing on a 2-dimensional screen, with the pencil cursor depicted visually as a turtle.

History

Pencil Code was created by David Bau and his son in 2013. It was inspired by Logo, the 1967 programming language for drawing on a screen using a Lisp-like programming language.[1] Google has funded improvements to Pencil Code via Google Summer of Code projects.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bau, David (2013). Pencil Code : a programming primer (Second ed.). ISBN 978-1-4943-4744-4. OCLC 900971005.
  2. ^ "Google Summer of Code wrap-up post: Pencil Code". Google Open Source Blog. Retrieved 2023-02-11.

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