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This is why I recommend people learn how to program using javascript at first. There are no downloads, there is no setup and given some simple instructions you

This is why I recommend people learn how to program using javascript at first. There are no downloads, there is no setup and given some simple instructions you can mess around with fully formed pages just by typing into the console what you want to do. The modern browser has all the tools for a programming course that takes place almost entirely in the console. I lean more towards the python/C++ side of things but for just diving in and seeing something cool for quick, colorful motivation to learn, javascript fills that need better than anything else.

zbentley 9y ago
> There are no downloads, there is no setup... For a REPL/solving an algorithms problem? Sure. And the first time they want to use some code from StackOverflow that uses a library, god forbid, it's off to the races. Require? Script tag? Webpack? Transpile? Minify? All of those things are important tools, but their use (and presumption of their use, a la "just import 'map' from underscore.js; you know the drill") is so widespread as to present a major stumbling block for first-time programming explorers.