Re:Show HN: I built a programming language for beginners
by ChrisMarshallNY on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @07:53AM
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I think the supporting documentation will be the key.
I have seen "start coding in a day" courses, that used Python (a robust language) to teach complete beginners from scratch.
In fact, I once attended a demo of a scholastic programming courseware app that had most of the people in the room (primarily K-12 teachers in their 30s) doing "Hello World" Python apps in about fifteen minutes, and understanding what they did, in about half an hour.
It was all in the presenter and the design of the site.
I have no idea if the app ever took off. That was about three years ago.
I have seen "start coding in a day" courses, that used Python (a robust language) to teach complete beginners from scratch.
In fact, I once attended a demo of a scholastic programming courseware app that had most of the people in the room (primarily K-12 teachers in their 30s) doing "Hello World" Python apps in about fifteen minutes, and understanding what they did, in about half an hour.
It was all in the presenter and the design of the site.
I have no idea if the app ever took off. That was about three years ago.