The Hindawi Project [hindawi. in] has released version 3 of the programming platform, which includes an online edition deployed on Java virtual PC. For those unfamiliar with what it is: Hindawi is a complete non-English systems programming platform that supports all paradigms of programming languages from assembly language to logic and functional programming. It effectively shatters the language barrier allowing non English literates to take up computer sciences and participate in the ICT revolution at all levels of technology, in their mother tongue, without the need to master English. With the new version, you don't need a local installation to get started-you can just go to hindawi. in/online and learn computing in your mother-tongue-because of being ported to the Java Virtual PC (JPC). The online version can
be used on virtually every computer platform, including mobile phones that support Java.

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You can use Aadesh (Hindi command shell), Laghu (a simplified Hindawi IDE), and Shaili Robot (Hindi LOGO). This is accompanied by training videos on the top of the page, which will be uploaded on a regular basis. You can view the videos and practice the lessons on the JPC Hindawi screen at the bottom of the page. This method of learning to program attempts to foster self-explanatory and exploratory learning that leads to a deep cognitive understanding of the topic. Students can define their own pace, and re-listen to lectures till they have mastered a particular skill. Additionally, the new lightweight IDE, Laghu, has been added to Hindawi@ DOS. This has mainly been prompted by the limits of the JPC environment. Laghu has two versions: the default supports editing 20 lines of Hindi text, while the Laghu200 version supports 200 lines of Hindi text on JPC and 2,000 lines on the DOSBox and native versions. As Hindawi@DOS is packaged with DOSBox, it allows it to be run on any platform supporting DOSBox, which includes Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, BSD and many others.