Comments on: My Daughter’s First Program http://journal.nearbennett.com/2009/02/21/my-daughters-first-program/ I was wondering "why is that Frisbee getting bigger?" And then it hit me. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:41:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Administrator http://journal.nearbennett.com/2009/02/21/my-daughters-first-program/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Administrator Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:17:38 +0000 http://journal.nearbennett.com/?p=365#comment-223 Your point regarding cross-platform is well taken. I really didn't spend a lot of time researching which language to teach her. I chose VB because a) I have familiarity with it, and b) I found a kid-oriented, free teaching resource, and c) I found a free compiler. I'm sure there are others that match these criteria. Other languages I would very much like to teach her (and learn more myself) are Perl and PHP. I've dabbled with both a bit, and I think I could help her along the way with the right teaching resource. Thanks for the recommendation. Your point regarding cross-platform is well taken. I really didn’t spend a lot of time researching which language to teach her. I chose VB because a) I have familiarity with it, and b) I found a kid-oriented, free teaching resource, and c) I found a free compiler. I’m sure there are others that match these criteria.

Other languages I would very much like to teach her (and learn more myself) are Perl and PHP. I’ve dabbled with both a bit, and I think I could help her along the way with the right teaching resource.

Thanks for the recommendation.

]]> By: skippy http://journal.nearbennett.com/2009/02/21/my-daughters-first-program/comment-page-1/#comment-221 skippy Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:30:28 +0000 http://journal.nearbennett.com/?p=365#comment-221 Very cool! May I also suggest you consider teaching her Python, via http://www.diveintopython.org/toc/index.html ? Python is an interpreted object oriented language that is extremely versatile, and cross platform. I think in the long run learning something like Python will provide a better foundation for programming than learning a platform-specific language like VisualBasic. Very cool!

May I also suggest you consider teaching her Python, via http://www.diveintopython.org/toc/index.html ? Python is an interpreted object oriented language that is extremely versatile, and cross platform. I think in the long run learning something like Python will provide a better foundation for programming than learning a platform-specific language like VisualBasic.

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