Actually the best starting place for the youngsters is to use pre-built templates, available everywhere for free, to use Web builder apps provided by the host. They always have the option to view and tweak the HTML code that underlies the site.
More advanced languages, such as CF, PHP, XML, JavaScript, Perl, various flavors of SQL, etc. are for the more advanced students, and usually the ones that have a proclivity for structured programming languages. Web sites that appear "cool" to the kids (for the wow factor among their peers) are completely different in concept from what a business-oriented adult developer will consider "Cool." ===================================== Douglas White group Manager mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.samcfug.org ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jochem van Dieten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 5:13 PM Subject: Re: CF4K was Re: Macromedia listening? is RE: ColdFusion for kids | Dick Applebaum wrote: | > | > This is such a great idea, that I am surprised by the few responses. | | <cynical> | That is because most people with experience in that field expect the | resistance to change that seems to be inherent in educational systems to | overcome this idea just like all great ideas of the past. | </cynical> | | Apart from the fact that I don't think it is such a great idea at all. | Learn kids to write in a concise and structured way, don't give them | HTML to play with (just think of the poor teachers that have to grade | something that was written with inordinate amounts of <blink> tags and | text colors on a purple background). If you want to add layout, add some | stylesheets and XSLT and let the rounding of the mark depend on it, but | the mixing of content and layout is something you *don't* want to teach | children. | | Maybe we will raise a generation that understands the difference between | form and substance. | | Jochem | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
