Free EDEM2004 Interview_Stas Gv R

FREEEDEM: First and traditional question, to let our readers know you better. Please present yourself ...

I'm a hacker/developer, and involved in a number of free source Python based projects. I'm married and have two children.

FREEEDEM: What is your main (free) project about ?

The project i'm representing at FreeEDem is Guido van Robot which is developed by students at Yorktown High School in Arlington America. Guido van Robot or GvR for short, is a way to teach children the concepts of computer programming in a nice attractive manner.

FREEDEM: Who are your main users ?

At this moment one, but don't forget that GvR was a student project aimed at understanding computer languages and parsers, not something to get famous. It's a application to use in schools, so the main users would be teachers.

FREEDEM: Who are your main supporters ?

A few of the original students who developed GvR and the teacher who used GvR.

FREEDEM: How many users are there who interact with you ?

Almost none, see the previous question.

FREEDEM: What comments would you like to get from your users ? From supporters ? From contributors ?

Anything usefull, this project is just out off the lab, so we welcome any comment.

FREEDEM: Which kind of support would you most like to receive, from the community or users ?

At the moment we can really use somebody who is comfortable with wxwindows/wxpython to handle some urgent matters, but for a project like this language support is just as important. So i think we would welcome anybody who can support us.

FREEEDEM: Could you introduce in few words what you're going to talk about during your presentation ...

The main focus lies on showing what GvR is and how complete and stable it is. I will also show that it's a nice way to introduce the abstract concept of programming to children.

FREEEDEM: What is lacking most in you project ?

Public knowledge and a good wxwindow hacker. Ofcourse we can always use translators for the lessons.

FREEEDEM: What are you expecting from your talk at FREEEDEM from the interactions with users and other developers present at the event ?

Because GvR is, at least in the public domain, a very young and unknown project i don't know what to expect. I'm hoping on raising support for GvR.