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Shouldn't web programming come before Python/Java? In the class I'm teaching the students picked up Javascript and HTML/CSS much quicker than Python or Java.
by crynix 14y ago
Shouldn't web programming come before Python/Java? In the class I'm teaching the students picked up Javascript and HTML/CSS much quicker than Python or Java.
- csense 14y agoNo. Websites have a lot of moving parts. They're a hodgepodge of an alphabet soup of different technologies. You have HTML, CSS, the JS language, and the DOM. It's simply too much for a beginner to take in at once. Teaching HTML/CSS on its own, then JS in a later quarter/semester/course, would be a better approach. Or alternatively, teaching the fundamentals of JS with a minimal website with a console and canvas, or by running programs from the command line with Rhino.