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The more resources to teach kids programming the better! Especially ones which use games, but ugh, += and @ signs on the front page! I'm sure my kids would get
by euroclydon 16y ago
The more resources to teach kids programming the better! Especially ones which use games, but ugh, += and @ signs on the front page!
I'm sure my kids would get used to the syntax without too much trouble, just like they deal with the idiosyncrasies of the English language, but Python seems like a better language to teach kids with, especially since there's only one way to do something in Python.
- rue 16y agoKids are pretty good about malleability. Legos > jigsaw puzzles.
- steveklabnik 16y agoI actually (surprise!) disagree. The primary reason is this: Ruby's flexibility as a language lets you give them simpler libraries. You have to consider the language as a whole, not just the base language. For example, Shoes just wouldn't really be possible in Python. At least, it'd end up being much worse. In the end, though, it's really just partisan squabbling. Let's worry about getting as many kids as possible exposed to programming before we start optimizing, eh?