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Not only is Javascript possible, but its the simplest for average kid to start with. No download required. I love Eloquent JS for further study. Just browse t
by kenjackson 15y ago
Not only is Javascript possible, but its the simplest for average kid to start with. No download required. I love Eloquent JS for further study. Just browse the web and have an interactive tutorial that goes into pretty good depth.
And as someone noted, with Resig there, this is just a matter of time.
- igorgue 15y agoIt's cool that everyone has a JavaScript environment on their machines, but I think that if you want to learn programming downloading Python is not a problem. JavaScript is great for me when friends ask me: "Hey you know programming right? Show me something on my computer" but if they want to learn programming, I'd just ask them to download Python or Ruby.
- kenjackson 15y agoHonestly, for me, if they're interested in the web or hobby dev, I think JS is the better choice, even download aside. The path from HTML to JS to JQuery and CSS in there somewhere seems like a more useful path for most people nowadays. Once they get that, Ruby/Python will come relatively easy.
- zaidf 15y agoDesigning with JavaScript by Nick Heinle was one of my first book purchases. I studied the crap out of it in middle school. Javascript is great as intro. Kids are naturally drawn to shiny things and you can create plenty of shiny stuff with Javascript with minimal setup. Once you hit the natural limit("how do I save the scores!"), you can move on to PHP/python etc.