Hey HN,I got back in to Java a last year for work and was really pleased by some of the features added in Java 8. I decided to make a screencast series covering some of the new features (lambdas, streams, etc) and have finished the first section on Lambdas: http://bitpress.io/learning-modern-java/As I said, I have been out of the Java world a while, since college in fact, so I would love some...
Essentially I would like to target non-academically trained beginners who want practical/actionable knowledge in the respective language. So my basic outline would be: installing the language, choosing/installing an IDE, setting up a simple web server, language basics, OOP, database interaction, front-end rendering, etc. The reason for this Ask HN is that I would hate to waste extra time on something that 90% of students will grasp immediately, at the expense of a topic that might need extra attention.
Hi HN! I am developing some educational materials based around programming/web development (PHP, Java, language agnostic concepts) and I am wondering what your personal experiences have been regarding the concepts/topics/workflows that are most challenging to new (or even intermediate) developers. These could be struggles you've personally had, or difficulties you've seen while mentoring or...