How does HyperCard compare to Scratch?
It's on iPad: http://www.scratchjr.org/
It also integrates with hardware: http://education.lego.com/en-us/preschool-and-school/lower-p...
Do we still need to revive HyperCard?
It's on iPad: http://www.scratchjr.org/
It also integrates with hardware: http://education.lego.com/en-us/preschool-and-school/lower-p...
Do we still need to revive HyperCard?
Perhaps we just need to focus some open-source energy on it.
To continue the conversation it's important to remember the environment that Hypercard was born in: there was no Python, Ruby, or Javascript. The major alternatives were just C or C++ (right?). That is no longer the case. Consequently I'm not really sure it needs to be reborn.
Speaking of Javascript:
Squeak is a modern, full-featured Smalltalk. It is closely related to Pharo, a cleaner, leaner fork. (Both of these put mainstream languages like Java to shame.)
Scratch is simply a kid-friendly DSL built in Squeak. Big difference!