http://betterexplained.com/articles/combining-simplicity-and-complexity/ Learning shouldn't hurt. Let's share the insights that made difficult ideas click. Sun, 6 Jul 2008 23:47:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://betterexplained.com/articles/combining-simplicity-and-complexity/#comment-100038 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:37:08 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/combining-simplicity-and-complexity/#comment-100038 Try using the lambda calculus as an example instead of Turning machine. Try using the lambda calculus as an example instead of Turning machine.

]]> http://betterexplained.com/articles/combining-simplicity-and-complexity/#comment-97694 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:47:46 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/combining-simplicity-and-complexity/#comment-97694 [...] We taught a course on beginner web app programming using AppJet. We had no idea whether high school students would be interested in this, and if they were, whether AppJet would be easy enough for them. Since the entire purpose of AppJet is to make programming web apps easier, we figured it we could get 8th-graders to write web apps, then we were doing a pretty good job. Side note: AppJet is not just for beginners. Easy does not imply limited in power. For instance, JavaScript is an easy programming language to learn, but it supports higher-order functions and lexical closures. [...] […] We taught a course on beginner web app programming using AppJet. We had no idea whether high school students would be interested in this, and if they were, whether AppJet would be easy enough for them. Since the entire purpose of AppJet is to make programming web apps easier, we figured it we could get 8th-graders to write web apps, then we were doing a pretty good job. Side note: AppJet is not just for beginners. Easy does not imply limited in power. For instance, JavaScript is an easy programming language to learn, but it supports higher-order functions and lexical closures. […]

]]> http://betterexplained.com/articles/combining-simplicity-and-complexity/#comment-95233 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:03:16 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/combining-simplicity-and-complexity/#comment-95233 Ah, thanks for the correction -- just fixed it :). Ah, thanks for the correction — just fixed it .

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