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My father (63, I think?) is starting to learn to code. I chose a decent beginner book for him (Python) and spent some time trying to figure out IDE situation wo
by chadrs 10y ago
My father (63, I think?) is starting to learn to code. I chose a decent beginner book for him (Python) and spent some time trying to figure out IDE situation would work best. But the places he stumbled were a total surprise to me.
He's never learned to type, imagine coding with hunt-and-peck. Characters like ()[]. he had no idea where to find. He didn't have much understanding of file systems; so things like saving and renaming were tricky.
Anyway, he was pretty thrilled with getting a "hello world" example and one that asks your name and prints out a greeting.
- godshatter 10y agoI always find it strange when programmers where I work copy+paste everything they can to avoid typing. If you program for a living, typing is your bread and butter. The better you are at it, the more you can get done and the faster your thoughts get dumped to the source file before you forget what the hell you started typing in the first place :) I envy your father. It will be fun watching him have "a-ha" moments as the pieces start to fit together.