[p2pu-webcraft] What Languages Should Be Taught?

[Wesley Pennock]

I love the way you are thinking man and I agree. Currently I am going to
write up the paper work to get a school officially started but I need more
courses on non web based languages like Lisp,C++, or even Fortran. How do
you think it would evolve organically though?

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Pippa Buchanan <Pippa.Buchanan at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey Parag, Wesley et al,
>
> It's really difficult to draw the line at what is general tech skills and
> what is very Webcraft specific. From a Webcraft perspective a general
> programming course would be better presented with Processing.js<http://processingjs.org/>as it will improve Javascript skills and can be viewed easily on the web.
>
> Mozilla's also working on Hackasaurus <http://hackasaurus.org/> which is
> about introducing kids (and anyone really) to web hacking basics in a very
> fun way.
>
> Languages like Lua, Fortran :-), Lisp or C++, while useful, just aren't the
> type of things that School of Webcraft can officially support as they're not
> web focussed.
>
> Once again, it raises the issue of how to support a more general technology
> focussed school within P2PU that overlaps nicely with School of Webcraft.  I
> think that this is something that will evolve organically from  existing
> tech courses and groups.
>
> P*
>
>
>
> On 3 July 2011 21:32, Parag Shah <adaptives at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>>
>> 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 at 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?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>> Wesley Pennock
>>>>>> Check Out The Techie School
>>>>>> http://techieschool.blogspot.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Best, Paul
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----
>>>>>> Paul Booker
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Twitter: @paulbooker
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Wesley Pennock
>>>>> Check Out The Techie School
>>>>> http://techieschool.blogspot.com/
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>> Thanks & Regards
>>>> Parag Shah
>>>> http://blog.adaptivesoftware.biz
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>>> Sincerely,
>>> Wesley Pennock
>>> Check Out The Techie School
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Wesley Pennock
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