As the eLearning industry matures, more and more developers want to make significant learning experiences that go beyond the abilities of traditional eLearning software. Complex simulations, tactile experiences, and “rehearsal” style trainings are often much beyond the ability of traditional authoring tools. While much improved, these tools are still based on a “slide n’ tell’ paradigm that PowerPoint forced 20 years ago.
Airline and military pilots have trained in simulators like that shown in Figure 1 for years. This simulator trains new and current Airbus 380 pilots. This is computer based learning too!
Figure 1: Airline and military pilots have trained in simulators like this one for years
While this short tutorial isn’t going to help you code an advanced flight simulator, it is going to help you write your first lines of code in about 10 minutes. So fire up your laptop, make sure you're connected to the Internet, and let’s code.
I’m going to simplify this initial task. Normally setting up a development environment would require several downloads and possible configuration. However we’re going to use a cool site called JSFiddle. JSFiddle allows us to write and test lightweight code in the browser.
Visit www.JSFiddle.net and you should see a screen similar Figure 2. Welcome to your sandbox!
Figure 2: JSFiddle.net is your sandbox for this tutorial
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