[lug] First Programming Language

[Jeff Sowders]

Get her a raspberrypi  and look at Python
https://home-assistant.io/getting-started/use/


https://www.raspberrypi.org/education/

On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 7:29 PM, Steve Sullivan <steve.sullivan at mathcom.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is a bit off topic but I'm hoping for some help ...
>
> My daughter wants to learn her first programming language.
> She's a business major in college, and as part of an independent
> study class, she can choose which language.
> The demo task is three layers ...
>
>     1. A front end, probably just HTML/CSS
>     2. A web server -- not her problem.
>     3. A back end, to query a simple DB and return an answer.
>       This is where she would learn her programming language.
>
> One of her friends is recommending learning Javascript, but I
> think Python3 would be a much better choice.  It's more general
> purpose, and more likely to be useful in her future.  Here are my
> thoughts on the demo project, starting at the back end.
>
>     3. The backend ... She could learn Python3 and Sqlite, and use
>     the Python WSGI interface from the web server.  The backend might
>     be slow, but it would give her an overview of Python3 and WSGI,
>     and a taste of SQL.
>
>     2. The web server ... Either find someone else's existing web
>     server, so she doesn't have to fight setting up Apache or
>     whatever, or find a very simple web server offering Python the
>     WSGI API.  She shouldn't waste time fighting web server
>     configuration issues.
>
>     1. The front end ... She already knows the basics of HTML and
>     CSS, so this should be straightforward.  No Javascript!
>
> What would you recommend?
>
> As far as Python3 beginning books and sites, are there any you'd
> recommend?  Looking at Amazon, Matt Harrison's Illustrated Guide
> to Python 3 looks good.
>
> Rather than ask her to learn a full IDE, my thought is just use
> the Python3 command line interface.
>
> But then I'm old fashioned ... would you recommend command line?
> Or is there a simple to learn IDE you'd recommend?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> --
>
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