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> It has lowered the barrier of entry to programming and introduced tens of millions of people to the world of development. I think Basic, Pascal or Python ach
by Const-me 6y ago
> It has lowered the barrier of entry to programming and introduced tens of millions of people to the world of development.
I think Basic, Pascal or Python achieved more at that.
> it's the only reason many kids can do remote learning as efficiently as they can.
The main reason is internets and TCP/IP, that’s essential and irreplaceable. Another important reason is h.264, equivalents do exist, but given the state of hardware acceleration it’s irreplaceable, at least not on mobile devices.
JavaScript ain’t an essential tech, as it’s replaceable on both clients and servers. Your kids would learn equally efficiently using a native app instead of these JS-rich web sites.
- scrollaway 6y agoI've worked with python 17 years. I've taught python, javascript and typescript. There is a universe between how accessible JS is vs Python. And TCPIP may have helped but just because it's essential part of the stack doesn't mean the remote learning could have happened without JS existing (in the time it did). The web would be a glorified FTP server if some people here had their way.
- wirthjason 6y agoAs a Python programmer myself I’m curious, what’s the difference?
- scott_w 6y agoYour language interpreter comes built-in with your computer