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{{Short description|Graphical authoring tool}}

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{{primary sources|date=July 2017}}

{{Notability|date=August 2019}}

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{{Infobox programming language

| name = RaptorRAPTOR

| logo =

| screenshot = Raptor Screenshot.png

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| designer = Martin Carlisle

| latest_release_version = 4.0.6

| latest_release_date = SeptemberApril 1122, 20142015

| typing = [[type system|Weak]]

| implementations =

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'''RAPTOR''', the Rapid Algorithmic Prototyping Tool for Ordered

'''Raptor''' is a graphical [[authoring tool]] created by Martin C. Carlisle, Terry Wilson, Jeff Humphries and Jason Moore. The software is hosted and maintained by [[US Air Force Academy]] professor Martin Carlisle.<ref name=about>{{cite web|title=About|url=http://raptor.martincarlisle.com|website=Raptor|accessdate=2014-09-20}}</ref>

Reasoning,<ref name=ACM1>{{cite journal|title=RAPTOR: introducing programming to non-majors with flowcharts|access-date=2016-09-29|journal=Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges|date=April 2004 |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=52–60 |url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1050231.1050238&coll=DL&dl=ACM|last1=Carlisle |first1=Martin C. |last2=Wilson |first2=Terry A. |last3=Humphries |first3=Jeffrey W. |last4=Hadfield |first4=Steven M. }}</ref> is a graphical [[authoring tool]] created by Martin C. Carlisle, Terry Wilson, Jeff Humphries and Jason Moore. It is hosted and maintained by former [[US Air Force Academy]] and current [[Texas A&M University]] professor Martin Carlisle.<ref name=RAPTOR1>{{cite web|url=http://raptor.martincarlisle.com|title=RAPTOR - Flowchart Interpreter|website=Raptor|access-date=2014-09-20}}</ref>

The softwareRAPTOR allows studentsusers to write and execute programs using [[flowchart]]s. The simple language and graphical components of RAPTOR are designed to teach the major ideas of computer programming to students. It is typically used in academics to teach introductory programming concepts as well.<ref name=ACMACM2>{{cite webjournal|title=RAPTOR: introducing programming to non-majors with flowcharts|accessdateaccess-date=2015-08-24|websitejournal=ACMJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges|date=April 2004 |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=52–60 |url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1050231.1050238&coll=DL&dl=ACM|last1=Carlisle |first1=Martin C. |last2=Wilson |first2=Terry A. |last3=Humphries |first3=Jeffrey W. |last4=Hadfield |first4=Steven M. }}</ref>

== See also ==

{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

Other [[educational programming language]]s include:

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* [[Alice (software)]]

* [[Flowgorithm (programming language)|Flowgorithm]]

* LARP

* [[LARP (programming language)|LARP]]

* [[Visual Logic (programming language)|Visual Logic]]

* [[Scratch (programming language)|Scratch]]

== References ==

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== External links ==

{{Wikiversity|Raptor (programming)}}

* {{official website|http://raptor.martincarlisle.com}}

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[[Category:Educational programming languages]]

[[Category:Free educational software]]

[[Category:Pedagogic integrated development environments]]

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