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Learning how to install and configure development environments is an important skill in general, but I'm not convinced having those skills as a prerequisite for
by Bjartr 7y ago
Learning how to install and configure development environments is an important skill in general, but I'm not convinced having those skills as a prerequisite for exploring programming as a newbie is at all valuable.
- benatkin 7y agoIt is valuable if they start out with python 3 instead of python 2.
- Bjartr 7y agoI'd say that depends on what kind of newbie we're talking about.
- drak0n1c 7y agoOn macOS the best config-free entry to programming is Swift and Swift Playgrounds. Everything else can have config and shell hell for further more advanced learning purposes.
- saagarjha 7y agoYou still have to download Xcode, of course.