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Re:What to tell noobs who want to "learn coding"? by lowglow on Sunday December 29, 2013 @09:08PM (#6982639)
Re:What to tell noobs who want to "learn coding"? by greenyoda on Sunday December 29, 2013 @09:29PM (#6982689)
I'm very skeptical of any "learn to program" list that begins with "Buy a MacBook Air". You can learn to program just as well on that cheap PC laptop you already own, and a MacBook Air is a very expensive investment for someone who may or may not become a professional programmer.

Also, learning git isn't something that a novice programmer should need to struggle with. It's hard enough figuring out the concepts of programming without having to add on all sorts of other stuff. You don't need git to write a 100-line program.

Finally, the whole list is very skewed toward web development, which not everyone is interested in. People who work in science or business might be more interested in learning how to write programs that manipulate data (e.g., using Python to automate what they would otherwise do with Excel). Others might want to learn how to write games for PCs or iPads. Web apps written in Rails might appeal to the startup crowd, but they're hardly fundamental steps toward learning programming.

Re:What to tell noobs who want to "learn coding"? by Larx-3 on Sunday December 29, 2013 @09:55PM (#6982763)
I think it was supposed to be a joke...but it didn't work because it wasn't funny.
Re:What to tell noobs who want to "learn coding"? by lowglow on Sunday December 29, 2013 @09:58PM (#6982777)
It was part joke, part reality. :)
Re:What to tell noobs who want to "learn coding"? by lowglow on Sunday December 29, 2013 @09:59PM (#6982780)
There any many paths. This is just one of them. :)
Re:What to tell noobs who want to "learn coding"? by lowglow on Sunday December 29, 2013 @09:09PM (#6982644)
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