Educational software designed to make learning programming easy and fun.
Interactive Visual World
Greenfoot teaches object orientation with Java. Create 'actors' which live in 'worlds' to build games, simulations, and other graphical programs.
Greenfoot is visual and interactive. Visualisation and interaction tools are built into the environment.
The actors are programmed in standard textual Java code, providing a combination of programming experience in a traditional text-based language with visual execution.
Simple Programming IDE
The interface is a full IDE which includes project management, auto-completion, syntax highlighting, and other tools common to most IDEs. It also allows you to publish your work both on and offline.
However the interface is designed to be simple and easy to use; built with beginners in mind.
Greenfoot is used by thousands of institutions around the world. It provides easy transition into other environments, such as BlueJ and more professional IDEs.
Real Java Code
Greenfoot programs are written in standard Java, one of the primary languages in academia and industry. Concepts learned transfer directly to programming in subsequent environments.
Greenfoot makes the environment easy enough to use for beginners, and Java makes it powerful enough to write impressive, flexible and sophisticated applications.
