[ELECTRON] Beginners Programming

[Martin McGrath]

On 18 April 2013 22:42, DAVID BALL <dave.ball2 at virgin.net> wrote:

> At today's social i volunteered to run a  beginners programming or coding
> group. So with that in mind when is most suitable for everyone.
> I was thinking sometime this Monday the 22nd for the initial meeting mainly
> as I'm not working this Monday. but I was unsure  as to  when those
> interested would be available.
>  it would also be good to get an idea of what areas of programming people
> are interested in.
> what areas peoples have had  issues with in the  past, what  they are
> looking to get our of the group.
> That way  I can get  an idea of the areas people are interested in and
> sort out some  examples  and  come up with a  sensible agenda for the first
> meeting of the sub group.
>
> Now i suggested C# as a programming language mainly  as it is  what i
> currently program in but I'm pretty much open if people are especially keen
> on learning a specific language I'll do my  best to accommodate you  even
> if  it  means we learn the Language together.
>
> regards
> Dave
>

Personally I don't think C# is ideal for a few reasons.
The framework is somewhat bloated, non trivial to setup for beginners on
platforms other than Windows.

Perhaps something Python, Perl, PHP or Processing would be better?
They're cross platform by design, open source, and simple to setup on any
platform.
The workstations in the room have at least two of these installed by
default.

I guess it depends on what people are actually looking to do.
>From previous conversations with Bob and others they're interested in
making changes to websites written in PHP.

Cheers

Martin
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