[wplug] Best programming language for beginner?

[Mark Rauterkus]

Hi,

One quarter of all middle and high schools in Scotland are using Live Code.
With its Kickstarter program and going GPL, this is what many are going to
be using in the years to come.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-livecode

-- 
Ta.


Mark Rauterkus       Mark.Rauterkus at gmail.com
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On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Greg Akins <angrygreg at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think Ruby is a great choice, but Python would be my second.
>
> Either is good for beginning because of the environment.  Using a console
> makes it easier than having to deal with the JVM and write/compile/run
> sequence.  There are some good online programming tools where you can just
> write ruby in a browser and run immediately
>
> Checkout tryruby.com  Not sure of a similar tool for Python.
>
> Greg Akins
> http://twitter.com/akinsgre
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:36 AM, <Justin at js-wordsmith.com> wrote:
>
> > I consider myself very knowledgeable about many aspects of using a
> > computer, but programming, sadly, is not one of them. I took Java in
> > college, but I wasn't very good at it.
> >
> > I seem to keep running into situations where I wish I could code, either
> to
> > edit existing programs or create something new. I'd really, really like
> to
> > give programming another try. What would you recommend for a beginner who
> > wants to learn something simple - simpler than Java, I mean - yet usable?
> > Search results seem to suggest either Python or Ruby.
> >
> > Justin Smith
> > Vice chair/secretary, WPLUG Board of Directors
> > http://www.wplug.com
> >
> >
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