COCOA AT THE VISUAL PROGRAMMING CHALLENGE 1997

Authors
HEGER N CYPHER A SMITH DC
Citation
N. Heger et al., COCOA AT THE VISUAL PROGRAMMING CHALLENGE 1997, Journal of visual languages and computing, 9(2), 1998, pp. 151-169
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming","Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming
Journal title
Journal of visual languages and computing → ACNP
ISSN journal
1045926X
Volume
9
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
151 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
1045-926X(1998)9:2<151:CATVPC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Cocoa is a visual programming language for children. Cocoa attended th e Visual Programming Challenge '97 for two reasons: to show that a fai rly complex task could be implemented in Cocoa, and to test Cocoa's th ird-party extensions mechanism. The challenge was to navigate a Lego r obot over an arbitrary track of Lego street dies, and to create a map of the entire layout. Cocoa not only provided a solution but also won the competition. We introduce Cocoa and present our solution to the VP C '97. (C) 1998 Academic Press Limited.