Hi, everyone
TL;DR - post below your suggestion for a good programming language for an almost-rookie teacher/educator/writer to start using.
More info: I am trying to decide on which programming language to learn. I know my way around HTML and CSS from being active online, but haven’t done much programming apart from this. I write, teach, and work with digital teaching/learning products a lot. In 2021, I think there will be plenty of time for me to start working with programming. I don’t mean just “learn to code” - I mean using the language(s) as an educator/writer/publisher. Libre / open source context preferred. Which languages look like they fit the bill, Lemmy?
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I think Python is the best suited to your needs.
Great article in order to get an overview of the Rust language
Python, Javascript, Rust
Python - probably the easiest language to learn, big in the science community
Javascript - probably the easiest language to learn if you’re either impatient or a visual learner, easy to start as a beginner and set up and get visual feedback, if you make stuff with it to teach it’s the most likely to reach a large audience
Rust - cool and efficient language
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My pitch for Clojure and some beginner resources. :)
LISP
Can’t go wrong with Lisp for interactive workflow alone in my opinion. I don’t think I could use a non-Lisp based language at this point. :)
Right?! I’ve been using Emacs Lisp for … less than a year, and I’m already like, Boo, I don’t wanna use Bash!
As an educator/writer/publisher, you might be interested in interactive fiction, so maybe take a look at Inform 7.
To learn a general purpose language, Python would be my first suggestion.
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Rust
LISP
It’s easier to get into than you’d think – and SICP (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, a seminal text) is written in Scheme, a Lisp. LISP
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AFAIK, you /can/ use the parentheses as tags in XML, … but it’s okay if it’s not for you!
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I actually haven’t heard of SXML, so I meant regular lisp. For me, I just mean that this is pretty tree-based, so far as I can tell (I’m not an actual programmer, though, which might be the issue with my understanding):
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Oh, well if you just mean a formatting thing – you can format a source file however you want :) But yeah, that’s not really the popular way to do it. For me, just the opening tags + indentation work well enough to delimit everything, but to each their own.
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LOLOL I’m definitely a convert! I’m not even mad, though; it’s a meme for a reason
It depends if you want to learn it just for yourself or for your students. They will expect to work with a language that is broadly used.
You could also try Nim
