Hackety Hack: the Coder’s Starter Kit
In the 1980s, a language called BASIC swept the countryside. It was a language beginners could use to make their computer speak, play music. You could easily draw a big smiley face or a panda or whatever you like! But not just BASIC. Other languages like: LOGO and Pascal were right there on many computers.In this century, you may have dozens of programming languages lurking on your machine. But how to use them?? A fundamental secret! Well, no more. We cannot stand for that. Hackety Hack will not stand to have you in the dark!!
Hackety Hack: the Coder’s Starter Kit
I remember spending hours making the little LOGO turtle walk around the screen. Once, my friend Josh and I spent an entire “Computers” class making a circle. It took like an hour to do, then we had to save it out on a massive 5″ floppy disk. Guess it beats punchcards. 
Regardless, here’s a great way to get kids (and people!) into programming kind of surreptitiously.
Tags: ruby, learning, programming
