Kidz - the Glitch alternative for kids is now getting a huge upgrade! We've began beta testing for TheCoder, our Glimmer alternative.
WE'RE NO LONGER LOOKING FOR DEVELOPERS ANYMORE DUE TO PRIVACY CONCERNS.
How are we kid friendly, you may ask?
Kid friendly design
We don’t host, we just give links to prevent kids from posting unnecessary stuff
We have a clean design
We have a support forum
We have a support email
We’re all awesome (that may not fit in the category, but it’s good to mention)
We have text safety measures (no swearing) in our blog posts (beta)
okay, got it.
When will this upgrade be released? i might try it
It’s in beta. IDK yet. You can try our current program kidz.glitch.me
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Too many threads, isn’t possible to post updates on the same thread?
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OK. I thought it would be confusing
What would be intresting is if we could teach kids to use a node editor to code nodejs. Node editors actually don’t slow you down because you can search for the nodes you need with a keyboard shortcut(does scrtach have that?)
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I still don’t get how we can install npm packages.
Hi, I took a look at the project, if I’m going to answer honestly I’d have to say I’m not impressed. The editor is not an editor, it’s 3 textareas. Which is obviously kinda bad, no tabbing, syntax highlighting or intellisense what so ever, I recommend implementing vscode , Ace or CodeMirror .
The landing page is not response either, a phone user wouldn’t see all the content on the page compared to a pc user, to fix this I recommend looking into css flexboxes , there is also an interactive game made to learn flexboxes .
Good luck!
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ihack2712:
Hi, I took a look at the project, if I’m going to answer honestly I’d have to say I’m not impressed. The editor is not an editor, it’s 3 textareas. Which is obviously kinda bad, no tabbing, syntax highlighting or intellisense what so ever, I recommend implementing vscode , Ace or CodeMirror .
Exactly what I requested for in the main thread.
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Yeah some things you just shouldn’t reinvent the wheel for. Static site generators and ui are nice to make your own of but a code editor probaly not.
Yeah, I’ve been wanting to set up Monaco, but I can’t understand anything in the documentation.
Seems to be quite object oriented like discordjs but much more complex.https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/playground.html
I’m going back to editing new-learn-code (the text editor that Kidz uses with permission) and adding CodeMirror and script tabs (you can switch files)
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And @anon69241012 , Is the text safety a lie? I’ve gone on the editor and view the source - there’s no swearing filter.
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new update for kidz coming out nice:
@ihack2712 for the feedback!
I was thinking to make it more kid friendly you should add in some premade programs that you can tweak. Examples:
https://golang.org
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I will integrate it soon. Sorry I forgot. I thought i put it in
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO ATTEMPT TO ADD A DARK MODE AND SOME OTHER COOL FEATURES. Get excited!
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Anish
June 4, 2020, 4:35pm
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anon69241012:
This was one of the only files on our branding pack. I’ll look later for just the icon to use.
We removed the only statement because it was kinda mean. The Blog page not released
We will add more things in the footer.
We know our editor is only 3 boxes.
I meant that our beta blog has filters so admins can’t swear.
If your admins are swearing when bloggin we have a bigger problem on our hands. What service thats semi-popular with adults or kids has swears in there blog posts?
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idodev
June 4, 2020, 4:38pm
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ya I agree with @Anish before you make a code editing platform for kids, first teach your admins not to cuss
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Just curious, what do you mean by privacy conerns?
COPPA, information that can indentify the kids cannot be used. I’m not sure if collecting emails counts though
This is wrong. COPPA states you need parental consent to collect this data. Emails do count. Note: Not legal advice
Also have a read at GDPR .
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That means that Kidz needs to ask for parental consent(like ask for a parent’s email) in order to comply with COPPA.
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random
June 4, 2020, 5:24pm
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you need to comply with COPPA and GDPR first before releasing
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@Fionn can explain - he made the statement
IT’S TIME FOR A REVAMP!
But please Kidz, DM me if you want to use this new/improved editor.
I’m also the owner of learn-code, which Kidz uses as their editor.
Find it at --> https://new-learn-code.glitch.me/
Note: If you ever used Learn-Code’s editor before this update and saved your code, the new editor editor will still get the saved code!
Fionn
June 4, 2020, 10:24pm
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I understand COPPA and other related laws, and I will be taking procedures to ensure we do comply with these laws.
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@code-alt you need to add the .glitch.me to the end of the ‘save as url’ URL generated
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Oh yeah i forgot. I’ll go do that right away!
Ok thanks for the feedback!
It’s fixed
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@code-alt now get not found error when trying to access generated URL
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I double check the url, and yes it had the removed test page. I’ve now changed that to edit.html, and a new update with the title.
the urls now work like they were in the old editor.
Well, time to work on the Blockly editor!
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good luck on it, I tried blockly it was sort of easy to use it. Basically your code can be converted to js, python, lua(I’m pretty sure I’m wrong about one of these)
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You should make the colors for the blocks and the sidebar a lot more brighter to be honest they’re kind of dull
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Anish
June 5, 2020, 4:47am
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Made from scratch or does it use a template of some kind?
It uses google blockly which powers stuff like code.org and app inventor.
Anish
June 5, 2020, 5:28am
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Reminds me of scratch tbh. Anyhow can staff discussions not happen in a public topic?
random
June 5, 2020, 6:22am
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@Fionn , have you thought of putting a DMCA on it? that way any unauthorised copies can be taken down
Fionn
June 5, 2020, 8:16am
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Indeed, I’m uploading the license and copyright notice later today.
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idodev
June 5, 2020, 12:07pm
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Can you guys please talk about internal discussions in your DM’s or some other messaging platform. This topic is only about the gallery, your supposed to show off what you did. But not talk about staff discussions on this post.
Good has the block code open sourced.
Nice @code-alt ! I’d love to have that copy.
We don’t want to host them, because Glitch’s servers will get overloaded… If it’s part of our project, we can have them at /yoursite. I’m still working on it and we may get a new editor @RiversideRocks
Also have to say the new editor seems to highlight C++ just fine too lol
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They also have a project editor which only has one box where you can write code.
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Does the editor have any extra features? And do I get hosting for my projects?
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Option menu is currently being created.
I think that hosting would be a great idea. Why not use a database? You could use an offsite database like mongodb.
Does the editor have stuff like code formatting, editor preferences, dark theme, etc.?
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Yes, you can create a separate project where you can host and do other stuff to save space.
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The upcoming Options menu will allow you to add many things like “Enable Blockly” and “Add Jquery” or even “add NPM packages.”
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idodev
June 5, 2020, 3:38pm
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it just doesnt feel right to save it in a url
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Yeah, I’ll try to find another saving option.
URLs can also only hold 4000 characters of code.
That’s why I have to find another way, I’ve already heard that.
We’re thinking up ways… Right now, our code is under copyright. Our staff is @TheBigC @Fionn and @code-alt
You can save in localStorage, but the safest would be some external service like github or gitlab. Bot of the mentioned services btw, do have APIs that are efficient when it comes to stuff like this.
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You could also see if Github Gist has an API.
They do, but I recommend just looking into Github API instead, the Gist service is not the correct place for something like this…
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