TurTan: A tangible programming language for creative exploration

2008 IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human Computer System, TABLETOP 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 89-92

  Gallardo, Daniel ^a   Juliá, Carles F ^a   Jordá, Sergi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MAPPINGS; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; TABLETOP INTERFACES;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERS; LINGUISTICS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 57849157059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TABLETOP.2008.4660189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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