great point, I run PHP on the same machine all the time so it won't be
an issue to get her using some simple routines.


--- "Robert B." <robertb@nerdulator.net> wrote:

> You might try slipping in a little PHP along with the HTML.  It's
> easy to
> integrate, and she could get used to variables and control loops
> instead of
> just tags.  Certainly getting them hooked on *anything* is better
> than
> nothing.  If you've never used it, PHP is very C-ish, but without
> most of
> the pains.  There is no need to declare variables, type-casting is
> done
> automagically, and strings magically expand to hold whatever you put
> in
> them.  Some people might argue that these are all bad, but I insist
> that it
> allows the youngsters to focus on the logic and flow of the code
> instead of
> bizarre overflow errors.  And she might like it to add counters and
> dynamic
> content to her web page.
> 
> Robert B.
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> Robert B.
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> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jrem" <jrem123@yahoo.com>
> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 12:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [OT] Programming for kids...
> 
> 
> >
> > --- Byron A Jeff <byron@cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 09:13:30AM -0800, jrem wrote:
> > > > I've skipped over a few posts so I hope this isn't redundant,
> but I
> > > > have been trying to get my kids into programming of any type
> for
> > > years.
> > > >  I have finally hit pay dirt with my 13 year old daughter and
> html,
> > > as
> > > > she took to building her own website.  I showed her some basic
> > > commands
> > > > and she went to town.  I'm running a server on my lan, my
> router
> > > wan is
> > > > broadband, so she doesn't have to deal with ftp, she just saves
> her
> > > > files over the network.
> > >
> > > HTML isn't a programming language. Javascript is a programming
> > > language.
> > > HTML is a markup language used to describe text.
> > >
> > > BAJ
> >
> >
> > well, IMO when it's my kids entrance to the programming world, code
> is
> > code.  "Programming" vs "markup language" is semantics.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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