Hypothesis: basic addictive-play entry points into programming: vector graphics, string manipulation, h/w control, data viz, music?
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. including music because am just reading Levy's 'hackers'..early PDP-1 era hackers got hooked with 1-bit music piped to a speaker.
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I'd take that up one level of abstraction tote applications: games, music, gardening, etc. What you need the graphics/data/hardware for
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this is where JS excels. Low barrier to getting something fun/useful done and lots of available copypasta.
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