This is an online platform to be used for coding workshops for kids. The kids get to know the basics of the web technologies and can create their own projects, e.g., browser games and a personal homepage. The main focus is simple usage. The kids can work in teams, the platform offers the possibility for many writers to work on the same file. This online platform is meant to be used in privately organized workshops as well as in schools.
The Coding4Kids IDE is based on Meteor. For a local installation, just install Meteor on Linux or OS X by
curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh
See https://www.meteor.com/install for other operating systems.
Afterwards, download this repository using git
git clone https://github.com/Coding4KidsAT/coding4kids-ide.git
Enter the directory by
cd coding4kids-ide
Install the dependencies by
meteor npm install
And start the application:
meteor --settings settings.json
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This project is supported by a netidee grant from the Internet Foundation Austria.