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It still too tricky to do things that make people, that don't know much about computers, excited about programming. Things like the C64, DOS or Qbasic were much
by gozo 11y ago
It still too tricky to do things that make people, that don't know much about computers, excited about programming. Things like the C64, DOS or Qbasic were much "simpler" and of course the expectations were already lower. I would recommend something like Scratch or Processing instead.
- distrill 11y agoAdmittedly I didn't cut my teeth with C64 or DOS, but I have to imagine that it was only simpler because the barrier to entry was so much higher for those machines than it is today. And I would argue that expectations were higher in the past. Looking through some older 'entry level' computer science textbooks recently, I've been amazed at how complicated the material is and how quickly it covers things that we've only begun discussing as I'm about to graduate.
- djbf 11y agoIn those days, we also had magazines like Byte, Family Computing, Enter, etc. that included sections of type-in programs. My mom and I spent years doing that together!