How can we be sure students are working on the right *problem* before they start writing their *program*? A new tool by Jack Wrenn, Examplar (for The Pyret Language), is designed for this problem, using our tests-as-classifiers view. A brief video explains it. youtu.be/ofpwTbvG7MA

Some interesting Pyret implementations for a function that finds the area of a ring. This is their first time using a design recipe. What would you ask these kids next & what would you have them compare?

As I finish up my 2.5 weeks at ASU with the Computational Modeling Physics workshop, I needed digest everything I’ve learned (it’s a lot). Chemistry is my first love but I guess physics is cool too! Thanks AMTA, AAPT and Bootstrap #modphys #pyret

Omg. We are having a blast! SO COOL!! Watch the rocket and the graph it creates! #NMSInation #pyretlang National Math and Science Initiative The Pyret Language @MMadrigalGMS

Bootstrap I said she could serve as a TA so long as she refreshed her knowledge thoroughly. She sat through the Bootstrap workshop in Providence and re-did all the material as a participant, then spent July learning to translate from Racket to The Pyret Language. »

Over the past 2 years, we've rewritten our curriculum into a new format we call "Remix". Now, along with WeScheme, you can teach Bootstrap:Algebra in The Pyret Language, which is a lot more like other C-style languages and is used in our Data Science course! bootstrapworld.org/blog/curriculu…

Fabrizio Montesi ⬣ A➔B Shriram Krishnamurthi (primary: Bluesky) @JeffGraham15 Kathi Fisler The Pyret Language Power of Ph.D. (Photoshop Design), I summon you! Is this what you meant? 🤪 Fabrizio Montesi ⬣ A➔B Shriram Krishnamurthi (primary: Bluesky)?

Newly released on code.pyret.org this past week: Additions to the image library, testing syntax, and module system, many issues fixed, and basic screenreader support at the REPL! pyret.org/release-notes/…

Pamela Fox @joepolitz Here's your example (L). And when I run it (R), The Pyret Language gets annoyed at me saying that I'm confusing it. Make up your mind, Shriram! Which one do you want? ↵

Pamela Fox @joepolitz The Pyret Language For this reason, Pyret has three notions of equality. A bit of overkill for regular programming, maybe, but absolutely essential to the pedagogy I use for introducing state 2/3 of the way through the semester. ↵ pyret.org/docs/latest/eq…

Our summer 2021 updates are out! - UI refresh - Easier-to-use images with the default settings - A new language feature for managing libraries for assignments and starter code - Reduced default Google Drive permissions Check out the release notes here: pyret.org/release-notes/…

Nice flags! Also – 👀essentials2021 in the wild!

Paper by Rebecca Vieyra and Colleen in The Physics Teacher about integrated computational modeling with The Pyret Language - and I got to write part of it! Thanks for the support and encouragement! #modphys #iteachphysics

In The Pyret Language we decided to get rid of the indirection entirely! Jack Wrenn implemented our beautiful errors, which many users love. Every term is colored (eagerly or lazily). Hovering causes the highlights in text, error code excerpt, and editor to all blink in unison. ↵

In The Pyret Language we've long thought about what a #lang-like thing would be in our world. We aren't ready for (nor think we need) full #lang. The #lang-inspired Grace dialects have been a promising approach (James Noble). In general, there are two kinds of issues. ↵

This year, give your students an hour of DATA! In this self-guided Desmos activity, they’ll explore data viz, introductory programming using The Pyret Language, and the application of #DataScience to solve real problems. teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilde… #CSforAll #DS4Everyone

Learn how Bootstrap's free resources can help you integrate computer science into math classes - teaching students math in a way they've never seen math taught before! #oklaed Bootstrap Learn more: sde.ok.gov/computer-scien…

Unapologetically boosting this because it's a nice story about a kid who fell in love with computing through The Pyret Language (which runs fine on 6yo computers) and now runs his own education program. Go Isaac!

I haven't tried it yet, but super excited that B. András Nagy has created a The Pyret Language track on Exercism: exercism.org/tracks/pyret