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|'''KTurtle''' is an educational programming environment that uses ''TurtleSpeak,'' a programming language loosely based on and inspired by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_programming_language LOGO]. <br />
It is part of the [http://edu.kde.org/ KDE Education Project].
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[[Image:kturtle_tree.png|500px|thumb|center|]]
 
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The goal of '''KTurtle''' is to make programming as easy and accessible as possible, which makes '''KTurtle''' suitable for teaching young students the basics of maths, geometry and... programming.
 
==Features== <!--T:6-->
 
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* the ability to translate the programming commands into the native language of the student using the KDE translation framework.
* all you need integrated in one application.
* simplified programming terminology.
* intuitive syntax highlighting and error markers.
 
== Screenshots == <!--T:8-->
 
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{|cellpadding="10"
|[[Image:kturtle_welcome.png|300px|thumb|center| A fresh start of '''KTurtle''']]||
|[[Image:kturtle_drawing.png|300px|thumb|center| After a little drawing]]
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[[Special:myLanguage/KTurtle/Screenshots|More screenshots]] (of older versions as well).
 
==Examples== <!--T:11-->
 
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The following example makes the turtle draw a simple arrow.
{{Input|1=<span style="color: #000080;">reset</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000080;">canvassize</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">200</span>,&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">200</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">canvascolor</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">0</span>,&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">0</span>,&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">0</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">pencolor</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">255</span>,&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">0</span>,&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">0</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">penwidth</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">5</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000080;">go</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">20</span>,<span style="color: #800000;">20</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">direction</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">135</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000080;">forward</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">200</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">turnleft</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">135</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">forward</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">100</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">turnleft</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">135</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">forward</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">141</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">turnleft</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">135</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">forward</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">100</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">turnleft</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">45</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000080;">go</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">40</span>,&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000;">100</span>}}
Result:
[[Image:KTurtle-arrow.png|center]]
 
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See [[Special:myLanguage/KTurtle/Examples|more examples...]]
 
== Weblinks == <!--T:14-->
 
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The resources for '''KTurtle''' are spread over a few webpages:
 
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; [http://edu.kde.org/kturtle The KTurtle Homepage]
: This page is KDE's the official page for '''KTurtle'''. Besides the [http://edu.kde.org/kturtle/news.php news feed] it is mainly a landing page with links to the other resources.
 
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; [[Special:myLanguage/KTurtle|KTurtle on UserBase]] (this page)
: The UserBase wiki page for '''KTurtle''', this page. Here most resources can be found that interest the user: screenshots, example scripts, a feature list, frequently asked questions (FAQ), etc.
 
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; [http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Edu/KTurtle KTurtle on TechBase]
: The TechBase wiki page for '''KTurtle'''. This page is geared towards the contributors of '''KTurtle''': the developers and the translators. Various bits of information on the translation and development process can be found here.
 
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; [http://groups.google.com/group/kdeedu-kturtle The KTurtle GoogleGroup]
: Here Google hosts our mailing list. It is public so you can browse the archives. It is low traffic, so please do not hesitate to subscribe. You might find '''KTurtle''' developers on the [irc://irc.freenode.org#kdeedu #kdeedu] channel on [http://freenode.org freenode.org].
 
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; [http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdeedu/kturtle The KTurtle Handbook]
: This is an online copy of the '''KTurtle''' Handbook as shipped with the '''KTurtle''' program.
 
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; [https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=kturtle KTurtle on bugs.kde.org]
: Bugs, wishes or other issues with '''KTurtle''' are tracked using [http://bugs.kde.org bugs.kde.org]. Please report any issues with '''KTurtle''' here so nothing will be lost.
 
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; Monitor translation effort for KTurtle
: Follow the translation effort for '''KTurtle''' in KDE 4 stable releases, split up in [http://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/stable-kde4/po/kturtle.po/ user interface strings] and [http://l10n.kde.org/stats/doc/stable-kde4/po/kturtle.po/ documentation].
 
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; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTurtle KTurtle on Wikipedia]
: '''KTurtle''''s page on Wikipedia.
 
== How to get '''KTurtle'''? == <!--T:24-->
 
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'''KTurtle''' is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSS Free Software] project. It is part of the [http://kde.org KDE] project, therefore readily available to most [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution Linux distributions] (try searching for '''KTurtle''' with your package manager).
 
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KDE is available (yet still considered unstable) for [http://windows.kde.org/ Microsoft Windows] and [http://mac.kde.org/ Mac OSX], users have reported good experiences with '''KTurtle''' on these platforms. If you are using Windows or Mac and give '''KTurtle''' a try, please report your experiences to our [http://groups.google.com/group/kdeedu-kturtle mailing list], or [http://bugs.kde.org file a bug]. Thank you!
 
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