AlSweigart

7 ms·

61.
Why I Recommend Against Hackety Hack(inventwithpython.com)
46 points by AlSweigart 14y ago|39 comments
62.
8-bit NES Legend of Zelda Map Data(inventwithpython.com)
13 points by AlSweigart 14y ago|0 comments
63.
"How Does Compression Work?"(inventwithpython.com)
3 points by AlSweigart 14y ago|0 comments
64.
A Modest Proposal: Please Don’t Learn to Code...(inventwithpython.com)
3 points by AlSweigart 14y ago|0 comments
65.
by AlSweigart 15y ago
Hi Zed, I'm Al, the author of article. I'll admit the title is hyperbole. There are people who want to learn programming for the sake of programming, just like there are people who like learning math even though they don't see immediate pra
66.
by AlSweigart 17y ago
You can be blissfully ignorant about the advanced features of Python and still program small games, just as you don't need to know everything about BASIC's syntax in order to code in BASIC. The problem is that most books about Python are ai
67.
by AlSweigart 17y ago
Author here. I also wrote a free book on Python programming for beginners called Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python, and you can download it from http://inventwithpython.com if you're interested.
68.
by AlSweigart 17y ago
Hi. I wrote that blog article. I think you may be missing the point. It's not that BASIC is bad at being a learning language. It's great for that. I learned programming with BASIC myself in that same timeframe. But today we have languages t
69.
by AlSweigart 17y ago
I don't agree that programming has gotten harder, I think it has become easier. What is harder now is finding material to learn programming that is simple for kids but also still "real" programming (not just game creation kits). I wrote a f