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It's good. This is how Dr.Racket and Khan Academy pretty much teaches programming. But note that for a brain which is not naturally inclined towards programmin
by webwanderings 7y ago
It's good.
This is how Dr.Racket and Khan Academy pretty much teaches programming. But note that for a brain which is not naturally inclined towards programming (and numbers), the examples increasingly get very complicated and fast. I say this as a non-programmer who has spent a lot of time trying to learn programming on the side. I have eventually concluded that all these "teaching beginners programming efforts" lack the real world middle-ware modules, where one learns to practically program with database etc, for useful applications.
In any case, the methods presented here, are good, but not necessarily pedagogically perfect.
- begemotz 7y agoIm curious to know what you think has worked best for you? I'm in a similar boat - and the resources I have tried seem to progress like this:(mindlessly) easy / easy / im lost.
- webwanderings 7y agoNone of the teaching methods for programming has worked for me if I were to look at it from a fresh perspective (I'm in computers but programming is not my day to day work). After learning the basics (easy/easy/lost) of pretty much several languages, I have ultimately realized that learning to program takes consistent discipline and daily practice. However, it still takes a certain mindset (brain chemistry perhaps) which makes certain people leapfrog others. May be it has something to do with how a brain sees logic and numbers (I see logic and numbers but not necessarily in proficient manner). My ultimate conclusion is that if programming doesn't come naturally to you, then you are looking at a whole lot of discipline and consistent practice. The chances of you giving up here is very high. But if programming comes naturally to you, then you can become a programmer irrespective of the kind of teaching pedagogy you follow.