Conversational programming

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly embodying a set of instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of one or more computer systems, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• allowing software code associated with one or more of a plurality of programming building blocks to be concurrently edited and executed within a programming environment, including:
• receiving (i) information regarding the plurality of programming building blocks and (ii) information indicative of a current situation relating to the plurality of programming building blocks;
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• evaluating the plurality of programming building blocks based on the current situation;
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• facilitating detection of one or more logical errors in one or more of the plurality of programming building blocks by proactively providing semantic feedback regarding those of the plurality of programming building blocks to which the current situation is relevant to an end user based on the evaluating.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• allowing software code associated with one or more of a plurality of programming building blocks to be concurrently edited and executed within a programming environment, including concurrently displaying, by the programming environment, (i) a visual representation of a programming building block of the plurality of programming building blocks within a behavior editor and (ii) a visual representation of a current situation, wherein the current situation includes (a) a selection identifying a selected agent of a plurality of agents represented by the plurality of programming building blocks and (b) data describing at least the selected agent and wherein the programming building block corresponds to the selected agent and represents one or more behavioral rules of the selected agent;
• responsive to selection of the selected agent by an end user of the programming environment, a conversational programming agent of the programming environment, evaluating, based on the current situation, the one or more behavior rules and other behavior rules of one or more other of the plurality of agents to which the current situation is relevant;
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• facilitating detection of one or more logical errors in the one or more behavior rules by the end user by conveying results of said evaluating, by the conversational programming agent, in a form of one or more annotation to the visual representation of the programming building block, wherein the one or more annotations provide semantic feedback to the end user regarding a meaning of the one or more behavior rules in a context of the current situation.