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Re:I want to teach my wife to code...where do I start? by RodgerTheGreat on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @04:22PM (#3672952)
Honestly, HTML may not be a bad idea for a total beginner. It's not a programming language, but it allows you to introduce a number of ideas that are the building blocks of programming- the distinction between 'code' and rendered output, nesting, quotations and escapes...
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Re:I want to teach my wife to code...where do I start? by marcamillion on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @04:26PM (#3672969)
Interesting ideas about HTML. Never thought about that.
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