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Today, I will talk to you about why BASIC is a favorite entry language, which may not be well understood by many people. in order to make you understand better, the editor has summarized the following content for you. I hope you can get something according to this article.

Why is BASIC a favorite starter language? How should the next generation learn to program?

Language affects accessibility

BASIC is a great leap forward in the democratization of computer understanding. It is hard for me to imagine that BASIC changed the world in a not-too-distant era when computers were still rare. As SaronYitbarek mentioned, "in the early years of programming, you almost had to have a doctorate." BASIC is a huge leap forward, focusing on availability (commands for beginners) and resource sharing (time-sharing of individual computers). It made programming not limited to the "computer players" of the time (I like the phrase in this episode), and helped a new generation to participate. Barriers to entry into programming have been lowered.

Entry programming language

The core topic of this episode revolves around learning an entry-level language. There are many suggestions about what programming language to learn and how to learn it. A lot has been written about this question here. I like to hear the story of Saron using Ruby as her introduction, and how it becomes interesting in an almost unexpected way. I have some similar experience because I used Ruby in some projects. Its flexibility makes me happy. When I was nervous (about programming), it was this joy that brought me back to it, and it had some powerful features that made the language so emotional.

My first experience of programming was with HTML and CSS, but my first heavy programming language was Java. I will never forget being told to remember publicstaticvoidmain on the first day of class, but not telling me anything about what it means. We spend a lot of time talking about what it is in the context of object-oriented programming, but it's never as exciting as I use the .each iterative list in Ruby, or do some mathematical magic with importnumpy in Python. Then I heard that children were learning how to write Minecraft in Python or use visual programming languages like Scratch, and it dawned on me that the legacy of BASIC is existing in new ways.

What I got from this episode:

Remember, no one is born a programmer. No one has such a background. You're not alone.

Learn a language. Any kind will do. If you have a choice, please choose the one that will bring you the most fun.

Don't forget that all languages can build something. Please create meaningful things for mankind.

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