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What's your point?

• Retric 9y ago
  On the bleeding edge your going to have to deal with things like semicolon placement by compilation. I am not saying writing code on a test by pencil and paper should be the normal approach, just using an IDE 100% of the time is hardly nessisarily.
  • xur17 9y ago
    I'd agree that starting with a plain old text editor is probably the best approach. Remove as much of the magic as possible when you're first getting started, and then add it in once they understand the basics. I learned java in high school as my first language, and I struggled to get the IDE properly set up - it definitely slowed down my understanding.