Owen, thanks much for this information. I've put a link in the GlowScript help. This is the first example I've seen of teaching JavaScript to novices who have never programmed before, and the first low-level introduction that very usefully doesn't assume you have extensive html experience but just introduces the language itself.
Bruce On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > BTW: Here's the site he plans to learn > from: http://www.codecademy.com/#!/exercises/0 > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Holy cow, a politician starting to hack! Hope it all works out for him. >> >> http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/mayor-bloomberg-will-learn-how-to-write-code-in-2012.php >> >> >> -- Owen > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
