Online Python Tutor
Although I like these kind of tools, I doubt that they're useful to learn basic programming as they need a lot of prior knowledge to be present to already understand the visualization. For example, what is a stack or heap to a novice programmer? What will the effect of this visualization be on their construction of an operational understanding of basic programming language concepts? And these constructs, will they be helpful, have no effect, or even be detrimental for developing understanding of more complex programming structures?<p>On the other hand, in a more advanced course, say at university level, it might help to construct knowledge about how programming languages work internally and how this relates to their already existing understanding of basic programming constructs. So, as a teacher be sure to evaluate the effect of the educational tools you use. I know it is easy to use existing cool tools (and this one definitely belongs to that category), but what is its effect on your students' learning?