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This debate has raged on for a long time. In your opinion, what is the best programming language to learn as your first programming language?
When I’m asked this question, my approach is to consider which language will be the most valuable throughout a career. Making matters more complicated, you won’t just be learning the language, you’ll be learning all of the fundamentals and concepts of programming simultaneously.
via What’s the best programming language to learn first? | ITworld.
Programmr is the world’s online lab for students and enthusiasts to practice programming and assess their skills.
Our philosophy:
It is our strong belief that programming is best learned at your own pace in a self-taught environment. We believe you shouldn’t have to join expensive IT colleges or IT institutes to become a good programmer when you can do so right at your home at almost no cost. Our goal at Programmr is to give you enough skills to write sophisticated programs in your favorite language so that you can get a well-paying job as a programmer or enhance your market value even further.
A little about Programmr:
At Programmr (erstwhile Programr) you can code, compile & run projects right in the browser in almost any language. You can code & run command-line programs, web applications, mobile apps, database apps as well as rich media apps right in the browser.
With our new Auto-faculty module, you can also assess your skills in any popular programming language.
Overview. A short introduction to the Processing software and projects from the community.
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Processing 2.0—the latest incarnation of the programming language, development environment, and online community that has grown dramatically since its debut in 2001. This new release builds on the versions of Processing that have been downloaded almost two million times. We invite you to download Processing 2.0 from www.processing.org. The Processing software is free and open source, and runs on the Mac, Windows, and GNU/Linux platforms.
For the past twelve years, Processing has promoted software literacy, particularly within the visual arts, and visual literacy within technology. Initially created to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach programming fundamentals within a visual context, Processing has also evolved into a development tool for professionals. We stand by our mission statement:
Processing seeks to ruin the careers of talented designers by tempting them away from their usual tools and into the world of programming and computation. Similarly, the project is designed to turn engineers and computer scientists to less gainful employment as artists and designers.
continue reading: Overview \ Processing.org.
Minecraft is a wildly popular game among elementary and middle schoolers. The game allows players to build constructions of textured cubes in a 3D world.
My son has been playing the game for about a year, lets say addicted to it. Last Fall he told me that the game is corrupted because the JAR file snapshot has messed up the configuration. And that right away rang a bell in me as a Java Evangelist at Oracle.
I learned from him that the game is written in Java, has a trial version that runs as an applet in the browser, and downloaded as a JAR file for desktop. The game is modular where the players travel through a world and chunks are loaded and unloaded to keep the memory footprint small. Something unique about the game is the ability to modify the game from what it was originally designed for. In Minecraft language, this is called as a “mod” – short for modifications. For example, a mod can add new characters to the game, change look-and-feel of the play field, or make it easy to build new structures.
continue reading- Introducing Kids to Java Programming Using Minecraft (Arun Gupta, Miles to go …).
Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions. Initially developed to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context,
Processing also has evolved into a tool for generating finished professional work. Today, there are tens of thousands of students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists who use Processing for learning, prototyping, and production.
via Processing.org.