> My own first experience of writing code was transcribing BASIC from one of these magazines to draw pyramids against a night sky.
What he's doing is great. But the premise that it'll help kids learn is flawed. People starting off don't need the best tools. Like the author, I started with BASIC. Nowadays, it'd be Python. It needs to be easy, not perfect (god knows BASIC, Pascal, etc have huge flaws). Visual Studio is complete overkill.
What he's doing is great. But the premise that it'll help kids learn is flawed. People starting off don't need the best tools. Like the author, I started with BASIC. Nowadays, it'd be Python. It needs to be easy, not perfect (god knows BASIC, Pascal, etc have huge flaws). Visual Studio is complete overkill.