Smalruby : The neat thing to connect Rubyists and Scratchers
Kouji Takao and Nobuyuki Honda • September 18, 2017 • Hiroshima, Japan

Kouji Takao @takaokouji, Nobuyuki Honda @nobyuki
RubyKaigi 2017
http://rubykaigi.org/2017/presentations/takaokouji.html

The Smalruby is a 2D game development library that aims to be compatible with Scratch (Scratch is most famous visual programming language: https://scratch.mit.edu/).

Reacently, programming education for kids is expanding rapidly and Scratch is ususally a first-contact programming language for them. Some kids, good Scratchers, try to learn a text-based programming languege.

Smalruby helps to make Scratcher Rubyist!

This talk includes the following topics:
- The recent situation of programming education for kids.
- Smalruby's features.
- Smalruby inside.

RubyKaigi 2017