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AppJet Offers Browser-Based Coding How-To, Hosting

Posted by kdawson on from the talk-about-rapid dept.

theodp writes "Know someone who wants to learn to program? Paul Graham advises programmer wannabes to check out The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Programming on the Web from AppJet, which aims to be 'the funnest and easiest way for a beginner to get started programming.' Setting the guide apart from other tutorials is the ability to edit and run any of the all-Javascript examples directly in your browser. Newcomers to programming and experienced developers alike can also publish their AppJet creations on the web. Sure beats GE BASIC on the General Electric Time-Sharing Service!"

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  1. by "funnest" by crenshawsgc · · Score: 5, Funny

    When they say "funnest" I assume they mean "most fun," correct? I'm not a programmer but from what I understand, proper syntax can be important. When the site designers have gotten a better grasp of the English language, I'll trust their programming advice.

    1. Re:by "funnest" by lysergic.acid · · Score: 4, Informative

      i had no idea that "funnest" wasn't a word.

      actually, i'm still not quite sure. a search on reference.com yields:

      No results found for funnest.
      Did you mean funnest (in dictionary) or Fingest (in encyclopedia)?

      Dictionary suggestions:
      funnest
      fun nest
      fun-nest
      funniest
      ...

      i'll just go with funniest.

  2. Set apart from? by ah.clem · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.w3schools.com/ - I use this site to get undergrads up to speed with the programming we do in our shop at the university. It's always worked well, and all the code is runnable in the browser. Pretty good info, too.

    ah.clem

    --
    "Life is not magic." Dr. Ron Weiss - "If we don't play God, who will?" Dr. James Watson
  3. Cool idea, but one peeve so far... by pla · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Another way to find images for your web app is using Google Image Search. When you search for an image and click on a result, you can also click on the "See full-size image" link at the top of the page. This will take you directly to the image in your browser, and you can copy the URL from the browser's location bar, and use that with AppJet's image command.

    So by the third page, they already have you stealing bandwidth by deep-linking images?

    Cool site, but I really hope they have a section on netiquette somewhere in there...