That looks like the best option alternatively you can use JNIPort that allows to run Java libraries from Pharo. There is also redline smalltalk that is a Smalltalk that runs on top of the JVM. Python also has a very good implementation running on JVM called Jython it can not only use Java libraries but even regular Python libraries . On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 at 10:47, Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@stfx.eu> wrote:
Have you seen this:
http://forum.world.st/ANN-Minecraft-Bindings-tt4671908.html
On 7 Dec 2016, at 09:40, Ben Coman <btc@openinworld.com> wrote:
Minecraft is immensely popular. For teaching programming (to kids) via Minecraft, the first option is Java, but that might be a bit heavy for a pre-teen. A few lighter options are Lua via Computercraft [1] and Javascript via Scriptcraft [2].
I've tried Computercraft and its quite interesting the way it simulates real-life computers and drones, but the drone works slowly so my kids end up doing things faster themselves.
I am in the initial stages of trying Scriptcraft (with Spigot server) and making walls, buildings etc is fast, so hopefully my kids will see value in using these superpowers.
But then I wondered whether it might be possible for SqueakJS and PharoJS to interface with Minecraft via the Javascript engine. I was interested to discover that the JVM comes with a Javascript engine built in [3], "Rhino" [4] for JVM7 and faster "Nashorn" for JVM8 [5].
So I thought I would just seed the idea in the community to see if anyone might be interested to pursue this. It really would be fantastic to use our environment to make mods for Minecraft. (The actual plan for world domination is to build some assets and experience with minecraft, and then migrate to a pure Smalltalk 3D client and server with GPU backends when that becomes available -gnomes)
Or maybe it would be better to use JNIPort[6] or JavaConnect[7] or something else.
cheers -ben
[1] http://www.computercraft.info/2016/04/01/computercraft-and-computercraftedu-... [2] http://scriptcraftjs.org/ [3] https://github.com/walterhiggins/ScriptCraft/blob/master/docs/Using-Java-API... [4] https://jaxenter.com/scriptcraft-hacking-minecraft-for-kids-105467.html [5] https://www.infoq.com/articles/nashorn [6] http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~JNIPort/JNIPort/ [7] http://www.squeaksource.com/JavaConnect