AppJet Offers Browser-Based Coding How-To, Hosting 63
theodp writes "Know someone who wants to learn to program? Paul Graham advises programmer wannabes to check out The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Programming on the Web from AppJet, which aims to be 'the funnest and easiest way for a beginner to get started programming.' Setting the guide apart from other tutorials is the ability to edit and run any of the all-Javascript examples directly in your browser. Newcomers to programming and experienced developers alike can also publish their AppJet creations on the web. Sure beats GE BASIC on the General Electric Time-Sharing Service!"
Nice to see AppJet featured (Score:2, Informative)
Been using AppJet for a while (I was among the earliest members) and I'm really glad to see them featured. AppJet's founders have done a wonderful job creating an easy to use and powerful language. They consistently communicate with their community (they offer personalized help in the forums), and have been creating new features and aspects of AppJet right from the beginning. However, be warned: AppJet really is a beta, and there are occasionally bugs. They're rectified very quickly however. I highly recommend AppJet.
Set apart from? (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.w3schools.com/ [w3schools.com] - I use this site to get undergrads up to speed with the programming we do in our shop at the university. It's always worked well, and all the code is runnable in the browser. Pretty good info, too.
ah.clem
Re:by "funnest" (Score:5, Informative)
i had no idea that "funnest" wasn't a word.
actually, i'm still not quite sure. a search on reference.com [reference.com] yields:
No results found for funnest.
Did you mean funnest (in dictionary) or Fingest (in encyclopedia)?
Dictionary suggestions:
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funnest
fun nest
fun-nest
funniest
i'll just go with funniest.
Language (Score:3, Informative)
The language is JavaScript. AppJet's founders did not create it. They provide a hosting environment and some libraries.