TeachCraft
Learning and science
programming education
SHOW HN2016
129points
26comments
#276of 2,264 in 2016
Top 13%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.32.
Idea: 4 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Engaging way to teach kids programming
From 3 comments
Is this project related to the book: "Learn to Program with Minecraft: Transform Your World with the Power of Python" ?…
jackhack on HNHey emeth...thanks for making this awesome project. As a father of 2 sons (aged 9 and 11, both Minecraft fanatics) this is a perfect platform to get them interested in coding.…
markdavis33 on HNThis is awesome. Much more engaging than finding the first 100 primes.
hakcermani on HN
Objections
Similar to an existing book on Minecraft Python programming
From 1 comment
Is this project related to the book: "Learn to Program with Minecraft: Transform Your World with the Power of Python" ?…
jackhack on HN
Requests
Add a license to the project
From 2 comments
This is actually something I was looking for. Very nice! Do you mind adding a license to the work?
asimuvPR on HNIssue filed: https://github.com/teachthenet/TeachCraft-Challenges/issues/1
tedyoung on HN
Questions
Is it related to the book Learn to Program with Minecraft?
From 1 comment
Is this project related to the book: "Learn to Program with Minecraft: Transform Your World with the Power of Python" ?…
jackhack on HN
Is there a GPL-licensed Minecraft alternative?
From 1 comment
Is there a good GPLed substitute for Minecraft ? I am required to use a Free license as an educator and the massive appeal of voxels is undisputable.
deepnet on HN
Alternatives named
OpenComputers
From 1 comment
Neat, I'd also recommend something like opencomputers for learning. The learning curve and asinine amount of time it takes to get started is a bit of a hurdle or thirty, but it…
bpchaps on HN
ComputerCraft
From 1 comment
There is also ComputerCraft mod with Lua programmable blocks and visual code editor (ComputerCraftEdu) http://www.computercraft.info/ and http://computercraftedu.com/
diimdeep on HN
Minetest
From 1 comment
http://www.minetest.net/ (LGPL) http://manicdigger.github.io/ (Unlicense) I am pretty sure there are more out there and as far as I know minetest is closest to minecraft with…
KON_Air on HN
Manic Digger
From 1 comment
http://www.minetest.net/ (LGPL) http://manicdigger.github.io/ (Unlicense) I am pretty sure there are more out there and as far as I know minetest is closest to minecraft with…
KON_Air on HN
Lightbot and code.org
From 1 comment
Lightbot and code.org are suitable from 5yo or earlier IMO. Code.org uses the "jigsaw" visual programming pane (blockly) that Scratch uses so they work well together - Scratch…
pbhjpbhj on HN