RE: interesting web-based ide

Hi Jim,

Love it. Love it. Love it!

I just shared it with the Executive Directors of Vision Aid<http://www.visionaid.org/> and Our Space Our Place<http://www.ourspaceourplace.org/>, two Massachusetts-based organizations that teach coding to young people with B/VI.

Thank you for sharing!

John

John Rochford<http://bit.ly/profile-rj>
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center
Director, INDEX Program
Faculty, Family Medicine & Community Health
www.DisabilityInfo.org
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From: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2018 12:53 PM
To: public-low-vision-a11y-tf <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>
Subject: interesting web-based ide

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·       Layout- stacked
·       Theme- dark/light
·       Font size- 4 to choose from, everything still wraps if you zoom in
·       Indent type- tabs
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Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
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