After playing a little bit with QBasic when I was a kid, I was given a K&R C book. My takeaway: programming is not for me. I didn't look at programming seriously again until I was 23. This article is terrible advice.https://www.zeroequalsfalse.press/2017/11/29/c/
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Replying to @wycats
My alma mater has switched to JS for the first language because it’s high leverage. Easy to get folks interested when they see something more than just printing strings. Sophomore year is when they begin to mix in C.
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Replying to @KellySutton @wycats
#Processing is a great introductory language. Graphics from the very beginning, and knowledge transfers nicely to Java. Also has Python mode. (Or, if you're a JS person, p5.js)1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
Replying to @jdeisenberg @KellySutton
I think for me nothing is better than something useful that you can put on the web like a blog.
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