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Should I teach students who doesn't know computer science C or JavaScript first? (programming.dev)

submitted 22 hours ago by ghodawalaaman@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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Hello,

I am thinking about teaching my students JavaScript first so that they can start creating websites and make their career, what are your thoughts?

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Neither. Teach them Scheme. They need to start by building good habits (functional programming).

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” ― Pablo Picasso

[–] littleomid@feddit.org 1 points 13 hours ago

Yeah who teaches JS for compsci?? Scheme and Python are MIT-standards for a reason.