The Cellar - View Single Post - Anybody want to learn some beginning programming?

hot_pastrami · 03-22-2004, 12:01 AM

I was thinking about it the other day, and I realized that for anybody interested in getting into programming, Javascript is the perfect answer for beginners... it's lightweight, it makes a great jumping-off point to other, more powerful programming languages (Java, C++, C#, etc.), and everybody who owns a semi-modern computer has a FREE Javascript interpreter built right into their web browser, so there's no software to buy.

One reason that many people don't get into Javascript too much is because they have to learn HTML first, which is brain-rottingly boring for many people... so they lose interest quickly. So, I slapped together a tool to make it easier to learn Javascript without knowing much HTML, and then one has the option to learn HTML later if one wants to.

So, I was thinking if there's enough interest, I'd start a thread to teach Javascript programming, and open up access to the tools and code I've written. The idea would be more along the lines of Learn-programming-through-Javascript rather than an exhaustive lesson on the language. It would demonstrate how object-oriented programming works, and allow a forum to ask questions openly.

So, anybody interested?

03-22-2004, 12:01 AM	#1
hot_pastrami I am meaty Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,119	Anybody want to learn some beginning programming? I was thinking about it the other day, and I realized that for anybody interested in getting into programming, Javascript is the perfect answer for beginners... it's lightweight, it makes a great jumping-off point to other, more powerful programming languages (Java, C++, C#, etc.), and everybody who owns a semi-modern computer has a FREE Javascript interpreter built right into their web browser, so there's no software to buy. One reason that many people don't get into Javascript too much is because they have to learn HTML first, which is brain-rottingly boring for many people... so they lose interest quickly. So, I slapped together a tool to make it easier to learn Javascript without knowing much HTML, and then one has the option to learn HTML later if one wants to. So, I was thinking if there's enough interest, I'd start a thread to teach Javascript programming, and open up access to the tools and code I've written. The idea would be more along the lines of Learn-programming-through-Javascript rather than an exhaustive lesson on the language. It would demonstrate how object-oriented programming works, and allow a forum to ask questions openly. So, anybody interested? __________________ Hot Pastrami!