Touch-based interactive learning environment

A system comprising:

• a touch sensitive surface;
• one or more processors;
• a memory including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• present, by the system, a user interface on the touch sensitive surface, the user interface having a first portion for displaying a sequence of software code and a second portion for displaying suggested bracketed functions, wherein the sequence of software code and the suggested bracketed functions include executable sequences of code to be compiled for execution;
• receive a first touch gesture dragging a suggested bracketed function from the second portion to the first portion of the user interface;
• responsive to receipt of the first touch gesture, insert the suggested bracketed function into the sequence of software code, wherein the bracketed function encloses at least a portion of the sequence of software code;
• receive, by the system, a second touch gesture drag an end bracket associated with the inserted bracketed function;
• responsive to receipt the second touch gesture, modify the sequence of software code such that the bracketed function encloses an additional portion of the sequence of software code;
• and
• compile the sequence of software code for execution.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• presenting, by a device, a user interface on a touch sensitive surface of the device, the user interface having a first portion for displaying a sequence of software code and a second portion for displaying suggested bracketed functions, wherein the sequence of software code and the suggested bracketed functions include executable sequences of code to be compiled for execution;
• receiving, by the device, a first touch gesture dragging a suggested bracketed function from the second portion to the first portion of the user interface;
• responsive to receiving the first touch gesture, inserting the suggested bracketed function into the sequence of software code, wherein the bracketed function encloses at least a portion of the sequence of software code;
• receiving, by the device, a second touch gesture dragging an end bracket associated with the inserted bracketed function;
• responsive to receiving the second touch gesture, modifying the sequence of software code such that the bracketed function encloses an additional portion of the sequence of software code;
• and
• compiling the sequence of software code for execution.