Re: teaching a totally blind person to program
- From: "Jim" <jhomme1028@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:23:38 -0400
Hi Jared,
I really think someone can start with notepad. Unfortunately, at first,
they're going to have to do console applications to keep the learning curve
down. You may be able to get along OK with teaching them HTML including
forms so they can have an interface to work with, then do something like
PHP, so they can sort of have a GUI, but a smaller learning curve on that
end since it would be in the browser. I'm not sure which language I would
start with. It really depends what they want to do with their programs. This
kind of question usually starts a religious debate.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jared Stofflett" <stofflet@xxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 8:17 PM
Subject: teaching a totally blind person to program
I learned to program on a braille lite using basic so my experience isn't
helpful in this instance. What would you recommend to teach a blind person
the basics of programming assuming they have no commandline experience? I'm
thinking staying away from overly complex ides like Visual Studio and
possibly Eclipse is a good way to go but then that brings you back to the
commandline which I'd like to avoid to start with. Thanks for any
suggestions.
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