[Techtalk] programming for beginners

[jim]

   if you have a recent release of python, you'll 
almost certainly have the IDLE IDE that comes with 
for free. I haven't thought of Turbo <whatever> 
for some time, and now that you've reminded me, it 
strikes me as quite similar to the currently 
shipping IDLE, which has a reputation as being 
good for beginners. 



On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 17:33 -0700, Carla Schroder wrote:
> But how does that help a beginner who needs training wheels? I can't think of 
> any examples for comparison other than Turbo Basic, so if you're not familiar 
> with that, think Very Simple IDE with both drag n drop and manual editing and 
> good documentation. Something you can fiddle around with and start making 
> simple games in a short time, learn some good fundamentals, and then progress 
> to more complex projects.
> 
> On Saturday 26 April 2008 5:08:28 pm Gayathri Swaminathan wrote:
> > Opensource? yes
> > 
> > Free - not so sure
> > 
> > Eclipse did help a lot when programming/scripting between Java/ Python/ PHP
> > 
> > Good pointing it out - Danyelle!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Danyelle Gragsone <ladynikon at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Is eclipse FOSS?
> > >
> 
>