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user-inactivated · 4385 days ago · link · · parent · post: Code Academy - Learning to Code Interactively
But it's so user-friendly that it grabs people like me who would never take the initiative to open a programming book because learning to program computers out of a book just seems sort of stupid to us. I've already learned more about programming than I ever have in my life, and that was only one night of screwing around with it off and on.
user-inactivated · 4385 days ago · link ·
I find programming books really boring, but it depends on the book. It's really beneficial to learn to program with a book like "The Little Schemer", typing into a REPL and getting feedback. Another good book would be "Seven Languages in Seven Weeks", using a REPL with that too.