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I find it kind of odd that it doesn't actually say what language I am learning. (I mean, yes, I can tell, but if I were learning I wouldn't.) Was that on purp
by cadr 15y ago
I find it kind of odd that it doesn't actually say what language I am learning. (I mean, yes, I can tell, but if I were learning I wouldn't.)
Was that on purpose?
- cwilson 15y agoThe lesson told me I was learning Javascript?
- jeffreymcmanus 15y agoYou have to get through the first lesson before it tells you that you're learning JavaScript. This isn't terrible considering the audience this seems to be targeting -- the name of the language is an implementation detail to a beginner.
- pnathan 15y agoNo, it is absolutely not an implementation detail. When I was setting out to learn programming, I bought every book I could lay my grubby teenaged hands on about the language. Knowing the name of the programming language allows you to ask questions about it of other people and the Internet.
- fletchowns 15y agoYou are an exception, most people that are curious about programming do not buy every book about a subject just because they know the name of a language. If you are just starting out, it doesn't really matter if you learn how to write an if/else in C, PHP, JavaScript, etc.
- jeffreymcmanus 15y agoIt's an implementation detail to a beginner.
- pnathan 15y agoI was a beginner.
- zds 15y agowe'll be adding other languages, so that's why the homepage doesn't explicitly state which language you're writing. we'll update it now. thanks!