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My problems: 1. This doesn't teach you how to code, this teaches you how to read code and learn arithmetic logic that goes with programming. 2. You use Javascript as a base.
Even if I had never tried to program before, I feel like it starts/progresses way to slowly. It gave me like a whole pages worth of questions about adding single digit integers or combining small strings. I like the look and feel of it, I just think the content should be tweaked a little bit to pick up the pace. Maybe some hints they can look at if needed. Also, multiple language support would be good.
Drilling a bunch of similar questions helps keep the concept in my head. And it's not that many, anyway.
The Little Schemer follows a similar approach-- a series of short questions that the reader is encouraged to answer, along with the book's answer to them.
My problems: 1. This doesn't teach you how to code, this teaches you how to read code and learn arithmetic logic that goes with programming. 2. You use Javascript as a base.
Even if I had never tried to program before, I feel like it starts/progresses way to slowly. It gave me like a whole pages worth of questions about adding single digit integers or combining small strings. I like the look and feel of it, I just think the content should be tweaked a little bit to pick up the pace. Maybe some hints they can look at if needed. Also, multiple language support would be good.
For example
var a = '3'; var b = '4'; a + b;
Depending on the language may give you 7 or maybe give you 34.
Even if I had never tried to program before, I feel like it starts/progresses way to slowly. It gave me like a whole pages worth of questions about adding single digit integers or combining small strings. I like the look and feel of it, I just think the content should be tweaked a little bit to pick up the pace. Maybe some hints they can look at if needed. Also, multiple language support would be good.