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I'm checking CS on Khan academy every few weeks with hope for something like this, the Python class was great, but this is really exciting, and having Vi Hart d

I'm checking CS on Khan academy every few weeks with hope for something like this, the Python class was great, but this is really exciting, and having Vi Hart do the videos is cool (or someone with a very similar voice...) - correction: it's narrated by Jessica Liu, who is doing an amazing job too

dudey 14y ago
It's not Vi Hart doing the videos. See http://ejohn.org/blog/introducing-khan-cs/ http://ejohn.org/blog/introducing-khan-cs/
- phleet 14y ago
  eranation might be referring to the programs that have associated videos by Vi Hart - like this one: http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/pascals-triangle/803149756 http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/pascals-triangle/803149756 The program was actually written to match the video though, not the other way around.
- eranation 14y ago
  I saw, couldn't find the name of the narrator I'm talking about the actual videos, not the intro one (narrated by Sal Khan and John Resig) e.g. this one http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/intro-to-drawing/848372201 http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/intro-to-drawing/848372201 Sounds Vi Hart to me...
  - jeresig 14y ago
    They're narrated by Jessica Liu, more details here: http://ejohn.org/blog/introducing-khan-cs/ http://ejohn.org/blog/introducing-khan-cs/
    - eranation 14y ago
      Jessica is doing a great job as well... :) she sounds a lot like Vi, and this comment on this one, 5 seconds from the start helped my confusion... http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/1-welcome-to-codecanvas/882454257 http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/1-welcome-to-codecanvas/882454...
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ivanilla 14y ago
+1 for the Python class
mtgx 14y ago
I wonder why they didn't do the Computer Science class in Python, especially that now more schools are adopting Python. Isn't Python better for learning than Javascript? Did they choose Javascript for this one just because they already had a Python course and they wanted a Javascript one now?
- bradleyt 14y ago
  I don't think it would be possible for them to have the type of environment they've got set up if they used Python.
- dudey 14y ago
  I think that python is the better choice for an in-person class, but building an in-browser js interpreter is a lot simpler than an in-browser python interpreter.
  - aangjie 14y ago
    Hmm. that makes sense. because browser have been handling js for a longer time and so there would be more support for a in-browser js interpreter. I have seen some python in-browser interpreters, which are good though.
- lazerwalker 14y ago
  It seems pretty clear that it's for practical reasons: you want that sort of rich in-browser experience, it's going to be easiest to provide using JS. What I think is a more interesting discussion is why they're not using CoffeeScript or some other flavor of JS that glosses over a lot of the idiosyncrasies of the language and arguably offers a more beginner-friendly syntax.

dudey 14y ago

It's not Vi Hart doing the videos. See http://ejohn.org/blog/introducing-khan-cs/ http://ejohn.org/blog/introducing-khan-cs/

phleet 14y ago
eranation might be referring to the programs that have associated videos by Vi Hart - like this one: http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/pascals-triangle/803149756 http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/pascals-triangle/803149756 The program was actually written to match the video though, not the other way around.
eranation 14y ago
I saw, couldn't find the name of the narrator I'm talking about the actual videos, not the intro one (narrated by Sal Khan and John Resig) e.g. this one http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/intro-to-drawing/848372201 http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/intro-to-drawing/848372201 Sounds Vi Hart to me...
- jeresig 14y ago
  They're narrated by Jessica Liu, more details here: http://ejohn.org/blog/introducing-khan-cs/ http://ejohn.org/blog/introducing-khan-cs/
  - eranation 14y ago
    Jessica is doing a great job as well... :) she sounds a lot like Vi, and this comment on this one, 5 seconds from the start helped my confusion... http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/1-welcome-to-codecanvas/882454257 http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/1-welcome-to-codecanvas/882454...
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ivanilla 14y ago

+1 for the Python class

mtgx 14y ago

I wonder why they didn't do the Computer Science class in Python, especially that now more schools are adopting Python. Isn't Python better for learning than Javascript? Did they choose Javascript for this one just because they already had a Python course and they wanted a Javascript one now?

bradleyt 14y ago
I don't think it would be possible for them to have the type of environment they've got set up if they used Python.
dudey 14y ago
I think that python is the better choice for an in-person class, but building an in-browser js interpreter is a lot simpler than an in-browser python interpreter.
- aangjie 14y ago
  Hmm. that makes sense. because browser have been handling js for a longer time and so there would be more support for a in-browser js interpreter. I have seen some python in-browser interpreters, which are good though.
lazerwalker 14y ago
It seems pretty clear that it's for practical reasons: you want that sort of rich in-browser experience, it's going to be easiest to provide using JS. What I think is a more interesting discussion is why they're not using CoffeeScript or some other flavor of JS that glosses over a lot of the idiosyncrasies of the language and arguably offers a more beginner-friendly syntax.