I believe the biggest problem with introductory programming courses is that students are taught two things at once; programming logic and...
I believe the biggest problem with introductory programming courses is that students are taught two things at once; programming logic and syntax. To a newbie, rules like ending statements in a semi-colon, wrapping strings in quotes and remembering the casing of a function name can be difficult. Ask them to produce a program with branching and looping with proper syntax and things get needlessly difficult. I tried teaching a programming class with pseudo code and I found the class seem easier for most than those that had to learn the same material in an actual programming language. If you could relieve the burden of syntax initially, that's great. But they'll have to learn to carry that burden eventually like the rest of us if they ever want to produce anything of value.
Posted by xtrumanx on Apr 12, 2015, 2:31 PM
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To be fair, Inform7 can't succeed, generally, because there is no market for the kind of games that you create with Inform7.
> The notion that somehow LR reliability is misunderstood by Consumer Reports, JD Power, Car & Driver, Automobile etc.
Custom trigger IDs are not displayed in the new 2026.10 trigger selector
I hate that too, but I think it’s more the ux than the concept of a default.
> The biggest problem with UX developers is they know better than you AND force you into their paradigm.
"Focus follows mouse" is what I use to keep the file manager from popping up when click-dragging files.
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I believe the biggest problem with introductory programming courses is that students are taught two things at once; programming logic and...
I believe the biggest problem with introductory programming courses is that students are taught two things at once; programming logic and syntax. To a newbie, rules like ending statements in a semi-colon, wrapping strings in quotes and remembering the casing of a function name can be difficult. Ask them to produce a program with branching and looping with proper syntax and things get needlessly difficult. I tried teaching a programming class with pseudo code and I found the class seem easier for most than those that had to learn the same material in an actual programming language. If you could relieve the burden of syntax initially, that's great. But they'll have to learn to carry that burden eventually like the rest of us if they ever want to produce anything of value.
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