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I don't think flash gets enough credit in this regard. Despite its many flaws, the sheer volume of people exposed to programming concepts from tinkering with fl

by allenp 16y ago

I don't think flash gets enough credit in this regard. Despite its many flaws, the sheer volume of people exposed to programming concepts from tinkering with flash is enormous. I think one of the biggest reasons for this is the ease of IO, and the type of communities that have formed around its use, like Newgrounds.

abstractbill 16y ago
And if you use haXe instead of Adobe's tools, it's not hard to put together a reasonably sane Flash development environment. I agree, Flash is a decent choice for the same reasons BASIC was awesome in the 80s - kids love to make noises and draw/animate graphics. Javascript is catching up on the graphics front, but sound is sadly still just not there.