Programming

[Marshall_IT]

Hi, we are looking at introducing some programming for the first time next year but have some concerns about letting pupils have access to .exes as we currently block this.

 

I was just wondering, how do you do it?

 

Maybe we have excessively strict policies.

 

Edit : I should said, was thinking to do python and VB.

Edited March 4, 2013 by Marshall_IT

[bwestlake]

could do it on a virtual machine or use ts to create a separeate enviroment off the network for the students to remote into??

[Valyyn]

I'm guessing you're going to be running VB with them? I've been playing around with various things at the moment - one idea I was toying with was a path rule that lets them run .exes from a specified folder on their drive, eg. H:\Coding\

Alternatively, are there any other languages they can do? There're a couple of good things around that mean they wouldn't have to run self-made exes - we're currently experimenting with Greenfoot (java) and Kodu/Scratch for those new-to-programming.

[Marshall_IT]

Yeah, I should have said we are wanting to do python.

[tmcd35]

I thought python was an interpreted language not compiled? So there's be no .exe's generated?

 

+1 for Greenfoot though!

Edited March 4, 2013 by tmcd35

[Marshall_IT]

I though python was an interpreted language not compiled? So there's be no .exe's generated?

 

+1 for Greenfoot though!

 

Why do I type when I busy!

 

Vb and python I meant, but thanks for the recommendation on greenfoot.

[Valyyn]

I though python was an interpreted language not compiled? So there's be no .exe's generated?

 

+1 for Greenfoot though!

 

Yes, Greenfoot is awesome

 

You should be OK with Python to be honest - as tmcd35 says, it's generally interpreted and will just run through the interpreter - the only time it'd need an .exe is if you specifically used something like py2exe to create one, which lets you run your script on a PC that doesn't have python installed.

 

Basically, if you're installing Python on all the PCs, then you shouldn't have to worry about exes

 

Edit - just saw your next post!

I think your best bet with VB would be something like I suggested above - but maybe make sure to warn them that the directories will be monitored and anyone putting downloaded games in there will be in trouble! (Whether or not you actually do monitor it is another matter though )

Edited March 4, 2013 by Valyyn