Features of KTurtleKTurtle has some nice features that make starting to program a breeze. See here some of the highlights of KTurtle feature set:
An integrated environment with TurtleScript interpreter, editor, canvas and other tools all in one application (no extra dependencies).
The ability to translate the TurtleScript commands using the translation framework of KDE.
TurtleScript supports user defined functions, recursion and dynamic type switching.
The execution can be slowed down, paused or stopped at any time.
A powerful editor featuring intuitive syntax highlighting, line numbering, error markers, visual execution and more.
The canvas, where the turtle draws, can be printed or saved either as an image (PNG) or a drawing (SVG).
Context help: help where you need it. Just press F2 (or see → ) to get help on the piece of code currently under your cursor.
An error dialog that links the error messages to the mistakes in the program and marks them red.
Simplified programming terminology.
Integrated example programs to make it easy to get started. These examples are translated using KDE translation framework.