Why can't I write code inside my browser?

Re:Why can't I write code inside my browser? by taneq on Friday January 15, 2021 @01:57AM (#25787822)

I guess it's possible that new aspiring programmers will gain the fortitude to read documentation after a little while programming, but I can't help feeling that if someone isn't able to type "computer path" into a search engine from the start, they probably won't be able to figure out a whole lot of programming.

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Re:Why can't I write code inside my browser? by kodoque2 on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:46AM (#25788486)

I learned programming on my calculator precisely for this reason, no cruft just pure code.

And for an inquisitive mind, having to type arcane command just to get the desired result is incredibly frustrating, and I don't count mindlessly browsing stack overflow or the internet just to get the stuff I need as learning. That is why course such as nand2tetris are incredibly good.

There is still an incredibly lot of stuff that can be done in matter of computer education. My dream would be a time travel libvmi based educational tool that allow to drill all the various function augmented with built in interactive explanation a la explorable and various code vizualization.

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Re:Why can't I write code inside my browser? by swiftcoder on Friday January 15, 2021 @05:26AM (#25789145)

I'd like to point out here that I just spent a good 5 minutes punching variants on "computer path", "node path", "node install path", etc. into Google. And exactly zero results on the first page for any of those queries have anything to do with how to configure the PATH variable in your shell.

If someone didn't know what they were trying to solve for here, I'm not sure google would help them succeed.

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Re:Why can't I write code inside my browser? by taneq on Friday January 15, 2021 @08:50AM (#25790902)

I just searched "computer path" (no quotes) on DDG and got: - The wiki page for 'path' as a computing concept - 3rd result is "how to set the path in MS Windows" - 6th result is the wiki page for the path variable as a computing concept

I haven't used Google web search for years, has it really gotten that bad?

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