KTurtle is an educational programming environment for learning how to program.
It provides all programming tools from its user interface. The programming language used is TurtleScript, which is loosely based on Logo. All commands and messages are translated into the user’s language.
The goal of KTurtle is to make programming as easy and accessible as possible. This makes KTurtle suitable for teaching young students the basics of mathematics, geometry as well as programming.
KTurtle is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Translate the programming commands into the native language of the student using the KDE translation framework.
- Integrated in one application.
- Integrated canvas to make drawings.
- Slow-motion.
- Step execution.
- Simplified programming terminology.
- Intuitive syntax highlighting and error markers.
Website: apps.kde.org/kturtle
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Cies Breijs
License: GNU General Public License (GPL), Version 2
KTurtle is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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