It's great to see them teach JavaScript. It's a really nice language and lets people do shiny things immediately. JavaScript doesn't have the barriers to entry

It's great to see them teach JavaScript. It's a really nice language and lets people do shiny things immediately. JavaScript doesn't have the barriers to entry that other languages do: it is dynamically typed, already installed and fairly transparently tied into both a UI framework and distribution channel. I also rather like the interactive approach they take. I learned programming by reading random tutorials and using Notepad, but I think I would have learned faster with something like this.