This is a framework I am creating to teach my children how to program. It is my hope that it will become something others can use as well.

Learning to program at its core is learning how to give a list of instructions to a computer. Learning software development the traditional way (Hello, World example, What is your name? example, etc) is boring. I want to create a way to learn that provides instant visual feedback. We tried Alice but it did not keep the boys' interest.

Circles is a good start, but what game are we working toward creating? A real game should be goal #1, with fine-tuning of that game as later chapters, then creation of other games.

• Asteroids!
• Space Invaders
• Pac Man
• Galaxian
• Match 3
• Breakout

A complete learning solution should include:

• Full documentation
  • lessons in text / text & images / video formats
  • full API documentation
• A web presence with ability to allow people to contribute
• Compliance with Perl standards
  • Perl::Critic

Peripheral things it might be appropriate for me to learn during this process:

• Git
• Github
• Moose
• Different game development theories / approaches / frameworks