Essay on Learning to Program

[Algot Runeman]

This essay by Bret Victor is really worth reading if you are hoping to
teach programming.

http://worrydream.com/LearnableProgramming/

Go read the author's cv, too.
http://worrydream.com/#!/cv/bret_victor_resume.pdf (which displays on
screen).

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[David Kendal]

On 27 Sep 2012, at 08:34, Algot Runeman <algot....@verizon.net> wrote:

> This essay by Bret Victor is really worth reading if you are hoping to teach programming.
>
> http://worrydream.com/LearnableProgramming/
>
> Go read the author's cv, too. http://worrydream.com/#!/cv/bret_victor_resume.pdf (which displays on screen).

His talk on the same subject at Strange Loop was great. I'll let the list know when it's online.

— dpk.