EasyLang
Learning and science
programming course
SHOW HN2019
28points
12comments
#1,037of 2,195 in 2019
Top 48%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 0 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.23.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good teaching experiment for beginners
From 3 comments
Looks a bit like BASIC and python were walking down the road, triped over and fell inside a blender... Not bad, but having learnt to program in BASIC in my childhood, and having…
dr_zoidberg on HNIt's good. This is how Dr.Racket and Khan Academy pretty much teaches programming. But note that for a brain which is not naturally inclined towards programming (and numbers),…
webwanderings on HNGreat work.. I liked. And i want to and going to learn program language.
gwarn on HN
Useful for teaching children to program
From 1 comment
I am looking for a starting programming language for my kids. I don't really like these lego-like drag-and-drop visual programming "languages" though. This definitely looks like…
abakus on HN
Objections
Resembles BASIC and Logo, which some find dull
From 2 comments
Looks like IT classes I had in Poland 20 years ago. We used a programming language called Logo where we programmed movinng a turtle across a canvas. I absolutely detested those…
mac_was on HNLooks a bit like BASIC and python were walking down the road, triped over and fell inside a blender... Not bad, but having learnt to program in BASIC in my childhood, and having…
dr_zoidberg on HN
Examples get complicated quickly for less inclined learners
From 1 comment
It's good. This is how Dr.Racket and Khan Academy pretty much teaches programming. But note that for a brain which is not naturally inclined towards programming (and numbers),…
webwanderings on HN
Alternatives named
Logo
From 1 comment
Looks like IT classes I had in Poland 20 years ago. We used a programming language called Logo where we programmed movinng a turtle across a canvas. I absolutely detested those…
mac_was on HN
BASIC
From 1 comment
Looks a bit like BASIC and python were walking down the road, triped over and fell inside a blender... Not bad, but having learnt to program in BASIC in my childhood, and having…
dr_zoidberg on HN
Khan Academy
From 1 comment
It's good. This is how Dr.Racket and Khan Academy pretty much teaches programming. But note that for a brain which is not naturally inclined towards programming (and numbers),…
webwanderings on HN
DrRacket
From 1 comment
It's good. This is how Dr.Racket and Khan Academy pretty much teaches programming. But note that for a brain which is not naturally inclined towards programming (and numbers),…
webwanderings on HN