[K12OSN] Fwd: StarLogo TNG Beta 1 Released

Tom Hoffman tom.hoffman at gmail.com
Wed Oct 17 02:38:31 UTC 2007


If you're interested in Alice, this is a timely announcement as well
(although I haven't tried it enough to recommend it or not).  Linux
version "days away."  Hopefully...

--Tom

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From: StarLogoTNG <starlogo-request at education.mit.edu>
Date: Oct 16, 2007 9:35 PM
Subject: StarLogo TNG Beta 1 Released
To: tom.hoffman at gmail.com



Coinciding well with the commemoration of 40 years of Logo in Wired
and Slashdot today, we are proud to at long last announced the
official release of StarLogo TNG Beta 1.



StarLogo TNG has undergone a major transformation from Preview 4 (or
4.2) to our first real beta.  Much of the code has been entirely
rewritten, changing what happens on the surface as well as underneath.
 These changes have increased speed, usability, stability and
extensibility, and will hopefully be the basis of TNG for quite some
time.  While there are many new features, because this is such a major
revision some features of Preview 4 have not yet been implemented.  If
you must have those features you should stick with Preview 4,
otherwise we highly recommend shifting to the new version.  We have
made our best efforts to update projects and support backwards
compatibility, but some projects that rely on features that haven't
yet been implemented one load.  New and more extensive documentation
is coming (including new sample curriculum very shortly), but in the
mean time we have provided a list of changes that can be used to apply
the basics of Preview 4.2 to this versio
 n.



We're very excited about this new version.  The look and feel, as well
as the usability have received quite favorable reviews across the
board.  We hope you'll like it to.  Mac and Windows releases are now
available, and the first official Linux version is days away.



Changes, additions and subtractions to TNG are available on our
website at http://education.mit.edu/starlogo-tng



Enjoy!



The StarLogo Team




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