Le Thursday 06 July 2006 18:34, Greg Smith a écrit :
Gentlefolk:
I am entering the field of programming having no prior experience. I'm not a kid, age-wise, anyway. It seems every programming language I have encountered makes assumptions about my prior knowledge, (that I have some), and the teachers of these languages use strange and alien terminology to describe actions that I am already unfamiliar with. The teachers, (online tutorials), use terminology that is familiar to themselves to explain new concepts, but is unfamiliar and vague to me.
For these reasons I am looking toward using the EToys, children's software, as a means to obtain a total introduction to programming, in general, and to Squeak, specifically. Is this the self-education route I should take, or is there a better "adult" pathway for learning?
as an alternative you could take a look at botsinc http://smallwiki.unibe.ch/botsinc
"... With Bots Inc you will learn how to program robots in an interactive environment. Bots Inc proposes three teaching approaches: direct command of robots, scripting robots and programming robots. ..."
alain
I actually wish that EToys was introduced and structured so that it specifically was aimed at teaching me to program rather than to teach me Mathematics and Science. But maybe it will do both.
Please let me know,
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