Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 19:34:06 -0700
From: Tyler Littlefield <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: ewby on programming need some tips and tricks
well, sorry for participating in the whole IMO deal.
I just don't want some newbie to be driven off a language because teddy
deems it "unaccessible."
I've just coded a tiney chat server in python within my first two hours
of
playing with it; it's not a hard language to learn. EdSharp makes life a
lot
more easier, though.
speaking of: I use alt+shift+i to turn on indentation announcement, but
that
seems to change when I exit, can I make that perminent?
Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
email: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
web: tysdomain-com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "The Elf" <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: ewby on programming need some tips and tricks
> thank you Jamal for returning to the factual original topic of this
> line,
> the poor dude may have already stopped reading it due to the mass of
> IMO's
> stuff that was being thrown about out here, *sigh*
>
> talk to you later,
> inthane
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 10:47 AM
> Subject: Re: ewby on programming need some tips and tricks
>
>
>> For whatever it's worth, my present perspective on these topics is as
>> follows.
>>
>> If a new programmer wants to maximize the chance of getting paid
>> employment, I suggest lerning Java, C#, or PHP. If the primary
>> interest
>> is developing web sites, I recommend PHP. If Windows desktop
>> applications, I recommend either C# or Visual Basic .NET, depending on
>> personal preference about syntax. If cross-platform development is
>> the
>> highest priority, I recommend Python.
>>
>> Regarding Python, I think its indentation requirement is unfriendly to
>> blind programmers, particularly speech-without-braille users. Other
>> aspects of a language should also be considered, however, in judging
>> how
>> friendly a language is. Clean syntax with a minimum of punctuation
>> symbols often makes a language more friendly to beginners. In the
>> languages I have mention so far, Python and Visual Basic are the
>> friendliest in that respect. Case sensitivity also makes a difference
>> to
>> friendliness. Visual Basic is the friendliest in that respect, since
>> the
>> other languages mentioned are case sensitive. An interactive
>> environment
>> for testing small pieces of code is another aspect of friendliness.
>> Python is the best of the languages mentioned in that respect.
>>
>> For anyone interested in a research project, I think the topic of what
>> language is easiest for a beginning blind programmer is worth
>> investigating. Without empirical evidence, it is difficult to judge
>> how
>> to weigh the different factors that affect the friendliness of a
>> language.
>> Let me encourage any student or professional researchers on this list
>> to
>> consider designing a study that may shed more light on this.
>>
>> Jamal
>>
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