On Saturday 24 February 2007 14:08, Robert Fulkerson wrote:
[Thompson,
Kenn] Snip
> UNO would like to create a
two-course sequence of web-related
> programming. We
currently have my course, which is taught in Perl and
> another
course that covers similar content but doesn't require any previous
>
programming experience that is taught in Python.
[Thompson,
Kenn] SNIP
> So, fire away. Why
should we continue to teach Perl instead of Python
> at
UNO? Other than the fact that it's the coolest language
ever? :)
[Thompson, Kenn]
Here's food for thought... Given it's an "Internet" programming
course, with no previous experience needed (meaning it would be unlikely
that the student would know/understand concepts such as OO,
typecasting/etc), wouldn't it be better to start the series with a crash
course in _javascript_, then follow up with a strong language like
Perl?