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http://www.codecademy.com/, and specifically 
http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/javascript-upgraded

Codeacademy also does python, so there's that.

There are so many resources for learning javascript and python online, 
and so many free IDEs and they are platform independent, and everything 
is moving towards web based and NOT desktop applications, so in the long 
run learning Javascript and how to build web sites may be more useful 
than tying oneself to Microsoft and expensive IDEs and desktop applications.

bob


n 10/06/2012 09:12 PM, Jesse Robinson wrote:
> My wife is considering learning a programming language, just for fun, 
> and I've been mulling over what to have her start.  She has no 
> programming experience.  Here are my thoughts
>
> I'm thinking VB.net or C# only because I think Visual Studio makes it 
> easier to learn a language and also gives you quick gratification 
> because of the auto gui it does.  Just drop a button on a form, double 
> click, add some code and you can see what it does.  I'm leaning VB vs 
> C# only because then she could possibly use her skills as vb scripts 
> in excel.
>
> I have some good Java books, but I'm worried that Java is too hard to 
> be a first language.  Other thoughts were maybe Python, but I have no 
> experience in Python so I wouldn't be able to help, and I don't know 
> what experience it offers.  I know lots of plugins and scripts for 
> other programs are written in it, but don't know how standalone it is 
> for her to learn.
>
> Also thought about processing, so maybe she could do Arduino work. 
>  She has no interest in hardware so there is no reason for her to 
> learn that then.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Also anyone know any good free courses online for one of these?  I 
> found some python ones, but not a C# or VB one.
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      <a href="http://www.codecademy.com/">http://www.codecademy.com/</a>,
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      <a href="http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/javascript-upgraded">http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/javascript-upgraded</a><br>
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      Codeacademy also does python, so there's that.<br>
      <br>
      There are so many resources for learning javascript and python
      online, and so many free IDEs and they are platform independent,
      and everything is moving towards web based and NOT desktop
      applications, so in the long run learning Javascript and how to
      build web sites may be more useful than tying oneself to Microsoft
      and expensive IDEs and desktop applications.<br>
      <br>
      bob<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      n 10/06/2012 09:12 PM, Jesse Robinson wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote
      cite="mid:9c90e3a1-5a1b-4ae6-b019-88783cebc1f8@googlegroups.com"
      type="cite">My wife is considering learning a programming
      language, just for fun, and I've been mulling over what to have
      her start. &nbsp;She has no programming experience. &nbsp;Here are my
      thoughts
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>I'm thinking VB.net or C# only because I think Visual Studio
        makes it easier to learn a language and also gives you quick
        gratification because of the auto gui it does. &nbsp;Just drop a
        button on a form, double click, add some code and you can see
        what it does. &nbsp;I'm leaning VB vs C# only because then she could
        possibly use her skills as vb scripts in excel.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>I have some good Java books, but I'm worried that Java is too
        hard to be a first language. &nbsp;Other thoughts were maybe Python,
        but I have no experience in Python so I wouldn't be able to
        help, and I don't know what experience it offers. &nbsp;I know lots
        of plugins and scripts for other programs are written in it, but
        don't know how standalone it is for her to learn.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Also thought about processing, so maybe she could do Arduino
        work. &nbsp;She has no interest in hardware so there is no reason for
        her to learn that then.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Any other suggestions?</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Also anyone know any good free courses online for one of
        these? &nbsp;I found some python ones, but not a C# or VB one.</div>
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