Turing is a free and cross-platform app whose main goal is to assist the learning of algorithms and programming languages by providing easy-to-use development tools to all.

It provides a lighter alternative to the well-known Algobox, which is the currently de-facto widely used solution.

Turing is written in Python 3.6 and uses the PyQt5 framework for its GUI. It provides two work modes:

• Algorithm mode
  • Uses a "natural" pseudocode language similar to the one used in Algobox and school books.
  • Assisted development
• Program mode
  • Uses Python, for the more experienced

In both modes, the code can be debugged and executed step-by-step to facilitate the problem-solving side of development.

Turing is cross-platform, but has only been tested on Windows and Linux-based operating systems. macOS should be supported, but no guarantee is made of that.

You need to have python3 point to Python 3.6 in your shell! Either use or an alias or a distribution that comes with Python 3.6.

It uses the following libraries:

• PyQt 5 - UI framework
• pyQode - PyQt code editor with syntax highlighting
• Pygments - Syntax highlighter for printing code files
• pep8 - Code quality checker

First, install everything using pip:

pip install --ignore-installed -r requirements.txt

Note: if you have Python 2.x installed on your computer (which is the case on 99% of Linux distributions), the old pip may be present in PATH and interfere with the above command line. If that happens, try using pip3 instead of pip. Of course, it must be the pip paired with the installed Python3 (so you may need to use pip3.6 instead).

Next, open the src/ folder and use run or source run.sh depending on your operating system.

You need:

• Python 3.6 (python3.6)
• Python 3.6 dev package (python3.6-dev)
• Qt5 lrelease (qt5-dev-tools)