26th January 2023: Hedy: A Gradual Language for Programming Education

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Summary:

On 26th January, Professor Felienne Hermans will be joining us to discuss her paper "Hedy: A Gradual Language for Programming Education". Hedy is a multi-lingual, gradual programming language built for the classroom, and this paper introduces Hedy and its unique approach to teaching syntax.

• Paper link: Get the paper here
• Time/Date: 6pm UTC, 26th January 2023. Find your timezone
• Where: https://twitch.tv/twilioquest

As ever, you can post comments and questions about the report in this discussion thread. Questions posted before the live event will be discussed during the live stream, but the conversation continues here after the event, too!

About Felienne:

Felienne is a professor of Computer Science Education at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She also works as a high-school CS teacher one day a week at Lyceum Kralingen in the Codasium program.

Felienne is the creator of the Hedy programming language, and the author of “The Programmer’s Brain“, a book that helps programmers understand how their brain works and how to use it more effectively. In 2021, Felienne was awarded the Dutch Prize for ICT research.

Felienne is a member of the board of I&I (the Dutch association of high-school computer science teachers) and of TC39 (the committee that designs JavaScript). Felienne blogs at felienne.com