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Well since we're all throwing in our opinions, I'd like to advocate strongly typed languages. The more explicit you have to be about what you intend, the easier it is for the computer to tell you when you're doing something wrong/dumb. Also, OOP is so much prettier in them.
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Well since we're all throwing in our opinions, I'd like to advocate strongly typed languages. The more explicit you have to be about what you intend, the easier it is for the computer to tell you when you're doing something wrong/dumb. Also, OOP is so much prettier in them.
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But I can definitely see the merits of a "throw a line into an interpreter and things happen" start to programming. No confusing auto-generated text bodies, no "arcane" steps to follow to achieve what you want. Then again, if you want to have some kind of UI (which I highly recommend, "click this button to read in the value in this edit and display it in this label" is such a great basis to explore out from), you won't really get around this.
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But I can definitely see the merits of a "throw a line into an interpreter and things happen" start to programming. No confusing auto-generated text bodies, no "arcane" steps to follow to achieve what you want. Then again, if you want to have some kind of UI (which I highly recommend, "click this button to read in the value in this edit and display it in this label" is such a great basis to explore out from), you won't really get around this.
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I
fully
agree
that
wanting
to
implement
some
idea,
some
project,
is
one
of
the
best
ways
to
learn
-
a
friend
of
mine
(
which
I
would've
never
expected
to
be
the
coder
type)
got
so
into
developing
his
own
space
ship
game
(
including
everything
from
databases
over
UI,
3D
graphics
and
game
logic
to
website
design)
that
he
started
neglecting
his
engineering
exams.
It's
important
to
balance
your
ambition
(
and
stamina)
with
the
scope
of
your
project
though
-
don't
try
and
build
Starcraft
III
as
your
first
programming
exercise.
Trying
to
make
a
dot
move,
or
even
[Pong](
https://en.
wikipedia.
org/wiki/Pong)
(
which,
as
I
just
learned,
was
only
an
exercise
for
its
creator,
too!)
might
be
a
good
start
though.
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4 |
I
fully
agree
that
wanting
to
implement
some
idea,
some
project,
is
one
of
the
best
ways
to
learn
-
a
friend
of
mine
(
which
I
would've
never
expected
to
be
the
coder
type)
got
so
into
developing
his
own
space
ship
game
(
including
everything
from
databases
over
UI,
3D
graphics
and
game
logic
to
website
design)
that
he
started
neglecting
his
engineering
exams.
It's
important
to
balance
your
ambition
(
and
stamina)
with
the
scope
of
your
project
though
-
don't
try
and
build
Starcraft
III
as
your
first
programming
exercise.
Trying
to
make
a
dot
move,
or
even
[url=https://en.
wikipedia.
org/wiki/Pong]Pong[/url]
(
which,
as
I
just
learned,
was
only
an
exercise
for
its
creator,
too!)
might
be
a
good
start
though.
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Programming language of ZK?