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2/7 JavaScript is *not* a great language for beginners because of cruft, legacy… but let say the beginner is into creating art with their computer? Then playing with

@p5xj

online editor is a great way to have fun coding. It’s instant to set up and share. editor.p5js.org

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3/7 Even more accessible for someone visually-oriented would be

@livecodelab

: a nice introduction to thinking in terms of a main loop and in 3D livecodelab.net

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Bargain Victor

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Oct 4, 2017

Amazing lesson with @juliendorra about coding.

3:00 PM · Nov 27, 2022

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4/7 It's so fun to code with @livecodeIab that I even used it to generate videos for

@Snap

AR lenses!

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Sep 4, 2021

This Lens is based on a small generative code sketch created during a session teaching to my design students, using the super fun live coding web-based toy language @livecodelab

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5/7 But if the beginner wants to program motors, for example, then the choices would be a whole other range of languages, maybe the Makecode playground from

@adafruit

is a good start. makecode.adafruit.com, or even directly the Arduino IDE

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6/7 For a pure beginner, I would dare to say that the choice of first language might be inconsequential. Everything is new, and everything is fuzzy. Give them the bare minimum to achieve the first goal they have.

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7/7 If you teach programming or coach a pure beginner, don’t hesitate to switch the language and the tooling for the next project they want to do.

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