It bears mentioning that there are already several toys out there that aims to teach code to kids, but Apple's solution is one of a few - if not the only one - that uses a genuine programming language instead of just block-based code.Īpple demonstrated several of these Swift Playground programs to a small group of reporters in its Cupertino office along with a variety of Bluetooth-enabled toys. At launch, Swift Playgrounds 1.5 will be compatible with the following third-party toys: Lego Mindstorms Education EV3, Sphero SPRK+ robotic ball, Parrot's Mambo, Rolling Spider and Airborne mini-drones, UBTECH's Jimu Robot MeeBot Kit, Wonder Workshop's Dash robot and Skoog, a tactile cube speaker. So instead of just tapping around on a touchscreen to move virtual characters, kids can write snippets of Swift code and translate them to physical robot actions. What this means is that kids will be able to program and control a variety of Bluetooth-enabled robots and toys right within the Swift Playgrounds app.
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