Re:Want to learn to code? Start here.
by mattmanser on Monday April 01, 2013 @09:51AM
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Furthermore, most operating systems already have enough of the basics installed
Maybe most operating systems do, but most laptops and PCs don't. Like 92% of laptops and PCs. Which makes your comment seem divorced from reality.
Worse still a lot of programming guides assume you have a linux variant which is so far from reality it's painful to watch. Though it's got a lot better recently as the ruby/python package managers are a lot easier to install on windows now.
A year or so back I was having a discussion with another HN user who was running free Python programming workshops. He actually ended up specifying no windows because it took so long to get everything working on them.
I suspect the more novice a programmer, less likely they are to have a Mac. You will only have a mac if you're rich, a programmer or your parents are rich. It's not an entry level OS. Let's not even pretend about linux.
Maybe most operating systems do, but most laptops and PCs don't. Like 92% of laptops and PCs. Which makes your comment seem divorced from reality.
Worse still a lot of programming guides assume you have a linux variant which is so far from reality it's painful to watch. Though it's got a lot better recently as the ruby/python package managers are a lot easier to install on windows now.
A year or so back I was having a discussion with another HN user who was running free Python programming workshops. He actually ended up specifying no windows because it took so long to get everything working on them.
I suspect the more novice a programmer, less likely they are to have a Mac. You will only have a mac if you're rich, a programmer or your parents are rich. It's not an entry level OS. Let's not even pretend about linux.