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Re:JavaScript for Cats - An introduction for new programmers by magmadiver on Sunday August 19, 2012 @06:04AM (#4403702)
Well, you're not a beginner, so it doesn't really apply to you. Consistency and completeness are very important to avoid confusion.
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Re:JavaScript for Cats - An introduction for new programmers by maxogden on Sunday August 19, 2012 @04:30PM (#4405131)
teaching to a broad audience means balancing the likelihood that the learner will be in over their head (too much information) with the likelihood that they will have a negative experience stemming from lack of information (bug due to missing semicolon). given javascript and its many bad parts I believe the first scenario to be much more likely than the second, especially for an introductory text.
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Re:JavaScript for Cats - An introduction for new programmers by TazeTSchnitzel on Sunday August 19, 2012 @06:52AM (#4403748)
Yeah. I don't want begginers to be caught out.
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