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Programming For Terrified Adults?
makeitreal writes "My mom is getting bored with learning the basics of email and has mastered Solitaire. She asked me what I do on my computer and I told her that I was teaching myself programming in Scheme. She expressed an interest in learning what I was doing, but I tried to teach it to her with the HtDP and we didn't even get past the introductory chapter. Everything I've looked at so far seems too complicated (Scheme, Python, VB) or too childish (Logo, Squeak, Lego Mindstorms). Is there anything in the middle that is also cheap/free and suitable for adults? Or should I give up the whole idea?"
You don't program HTML. HTML is a markup language designed for text formatting, so spending weeks learning HTML when you want to learn how to program would be completely down the drain since HTML is not a programming language.
GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!
But HTML has NO programming concepts at all. No variables, no iterations, no functions no nothing!
Besides indentation and the fact that text can do more than be english it really doesent give anything.
GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!
LOL
Some days I get the sinking feeling Orwell was an optimist.
From the Question:
Everything I've looked at so far seems too complicated (Scheme, Python, VB)
meh
Well, for HTML, the "compiler" is the web browser in effect, so instant gratification can be had, moreso even than a "Hello World" program in *insert language here*.
Chris