Learning To Code: Are We Having Fun Yet?

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theodp writes "Nate West has a nice essay on the importance of whimsy in learning to program. "It wasn't until I was writing Ruby that I found learning to program to be fun," recalls West. "What's funny is it really doesn't take much effort to be more enjoyable than the C++ examples from earlier...just getting to write gets.chomp and puts over cout > made all the difference. Ruby examples kept me engaged just long enough that I could find Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby." So, does the future of introductory computer programming books and MOOCs lie in professional, business-like presentations, or does a less-polished production with some genuine goofy enthusiasm help the programming medicine go down?" http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (http://twitter.com/home?status=Learning+To+Code%3A+Are+We+Having+Fun+ Yet%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F15lhgFB) http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.slashdot.org% 2Fstory%2F13%2F09%2F22%2F2134235%2Flearning-to-code-are-we-having-fun-yet%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfaceboo k) http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png (http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://developers.slashdot.org/story/13/09/22/2134235/learning-to-code-are-we-having-fun-yet?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=googleplus)

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