The Prime is just an Expensive Toy

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(12-13-2019 03:56 PM)Claudio L. Wrote:  Fast forward to after 2010: People expect to use a device using nothing but their intuition. Read? Learn? how antiquated. They also expect the device to have an existing online repository of programs already coded and working to solve their every problem, because nobody bothers getting their hands dirty and coding anything anymore. This is a generation of "downloaders", that expect everything to be already done and served on a silver platter in a matter of 2 clicks.
The HP Prime was simply born too late to develop that kind of repository because nowadays people want that repository to "simply exists" as if it took no effort to create one. It has no backwards compatibility to any "ancestor", so there's no big repository.

sorry is a computerized translation from g∞gle

Why create adobes and cement?, it is better to give this and from there build.

The creators of Arduino were based on a work done by a compatriot (Colombian) Hernando Barragán, a systems and computer engineer, Hernando went to obtain a master's degree in arts in Italy, the objective of this was to create a hardware development platform / software that can be manipulated by any student who starts in the world of computer science and electronics and even the student of arts and architecture or similar to give "life" to their projects through microcontroller programming without knowing how it works internally , without handling complicated registers and configurations, but through easy language and with libraries ready to incorporate into your projects.

The current generation is a generation of downloaders, but not only for downloading and executing, but as I said before to incorporate ready-made libraries in your projects, so that you can create your own constructions based on these "bricks"

Claudio L. Wrote:This is ALSO the reason why everybody wants Python. No, Python is not superior to any other language. Once you learn one or 2 coding languages you realize they are all very similar, and with a couple of hours to familiarize yourself with the syntax you could be using ANY language in no time (including PPL). Then why Python? Because... they want to download the code already written! People nowadays can't be bothered to port a simple subroutine from one language to another, they just want to download it and have it running on a single click. They don't want Python to code in Python, merely to download existing Python code and run it. And because Python is popular, the repository is large.

So don't try to explain this user the pros and cons of a device. Unless he gets a big repository where he can download his app to do Bode plots and Fourier transforms with an intuitive UI he will not be satisfied. It's just a generational thing.

There are studies that show the superior performance of coding in python compared to c/c++ and others when entering the world of current technology.

Professional technology education begins with Arduino, Python then moves on to other languages such as c/c++ and even assembler and development boards such as Freescale and FPGA.

The final idea is to create more with less, that allows arduino and python, the problem would be to stay there and not move to another level.

Arduino is developing a new IDE, which will take that next step
https://blog.arduino.cc/2019/10/18/ardui...-features/

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... The simplicity of the Arduino IDE has made it one of the most popular in the world — it’s easy enough for beginners and fast for advanced users. Millions of you have used it as your everyday tool to program projects and applications. We’ve listened to your feedback (forums) though, and it’s time for a new enhanced version with features to appeal to the more advanced developers amongst you