[p2pu-webcraft] What Languages Should Be Taught?

[Parag Shah]

Scratch (from what I understand) is a great way to learn the basics of
programming in a visual way. It might be a nice way to introduce an HTML/CSS
designer to programming concepts. It also may be a very good way of
introducing school children to the concepts of programming (if SoW plans on
working with that audience).

Lua according to the Tiobe index is one of the fastest growing languages in
adoption. It is also one of the most popular languages for game programming.
I think game programming is a very nice way to learn computing concepts.

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Thanks & Regards
Parag Shah
http://blog.adaptivesoftware.biz
http://diycomputerscience.com


On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Wesley Pennock
<wesleymarkpennock at gmail.com>wrote:

> PHP,Python,and Javascript are currently covered but I would like to know
> more about Lua and scratch. Care to elaborate on why you think they should
> be taught?
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Parag Shah <adaptives at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am assuming this is in the context of web programming.
>>
>> Javascript, Python, PHP, Ruby, Scheme, Coffee Script, HTML-5, Lua, scratch
>>
>> I have included Lua purely because it is a very popular language for game
>> programming, and that is an area which seems to be increasing in popularity.
>>
>> I am including Scratch because it *may* be a good first language.
>>
>> --
>> Thanks & Regards
>> Parag Shah
>> http://diycomputerscience.com
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Wesley Pennock <
>> wesleymarkpennock at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Fortran seriously man I need actual languages that are not dead. Maybe
>>> common Lisp or Ruby, any thoughts?
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:15 AM, paulbooker.me at gmail.com <paulbooker.me@
>>> gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> **
>>>> Fortran 77 :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 30/06/2011 18:03, Wesley Pennock wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering what languages you guys think should be taught, I know
>>>> HTML-5,PHP, and Python are being taught but not much more. Any language
>>>> course suggestions guys?
>>>>
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>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Wesley Pennock
>>>> Check Out The Techie School
>>>> http://techieschool.blogspot.com/
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Wesley Pennock
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