A while back, Peter sent me a link to a great article titled "Why Johnny Can't Code" - it's main focus was on how our younger generations might be losing out by not learning how to properly program using text-based languages such as BASIC, FORTRAN, Pascal, C, and others...
Well, I got an email from Cari recently and it includes a link for those of you who might be interested in a BASIC programming solution. It's not free, but the feedback and support for the product look good. You can check it out here.
I for one remember typing in my very first BASIC program on an Apple II - it bounced a ball randomly off the edges of the screen, similar to PONG but with no user control. Still, I was hooked and I have to admit that learning programming using line numbers (at first) helped me to figure out how to organize future programming projects...
I'd love to hear from some professional programmers out there... maybe some encouraging words to our younger readers who are interested in learning more programming...
Well, I got an email from Cari recently and it includes a link for those of you who might be interested in a BASIC programming solution. It's not free, but the feedback and support for the product look good. You can check it out here.
I for one remember typing in my very first BASIC program on an Apple II - it bounced a ball randomly off the edges of the screen, similar to PONG but with no user control. Still, I was hooked and I have to admit that learning programming using line numbers (at first) helped me to figure out how to organize future programming projects...
I'd love to hear from some professional programmers out there... maybe some encouraging words to our younger readers who are interested in learning more programming...