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I think there's a half way between both because the command line is a REPL, even the awful windows one. I think that's a better starting point than a web based
by flukus 7y ago
I think there's a half way between both because the command line is a REPL, even the awful windows one. I think that's a better starting point than a web based IDE (I don't think repl.it is actual a REPL) because you can naturally expand to more tools, have access to your own files, etc. If you start out that way then setting things like core.editor become natural extensions of what they've already learned and not some magic incantation to get started.
- jkingsbery 7y agoYeah... I tried that. It was confusing because different people had different operating systems (and therefore different command lines), and since they weren't familiar with the command line at all I would have spent the time talking about something completely unrelated to the thing I wanted to teach about. I see where you're coming from with your suggestion, but I think in practice it contributes to information overload and intimidation to a large part of the population.