Guestpost:Inside New computer science Tutorials designed to teach anyone programming via Internet.
Free tutorials website
Khan Academy has launched new computer science tutorials designed to teach
anyone programming. The Khan Academy Computer Science site throws you right
into the code behind a range of projects, so you can learn by experimenting
with the JavaScript code.
John Resiq, noted creator of the jQuery JavaScript
library, is heading the project. In his blog
post about the new program, Resig explains the philosophy behind
this kind of learning environment:
When I look back at
how I became interested in programming, or ask other programmers about how they
started to program, the answer is very frequently: "I was given a
[Basic/QBasic/Python] compiler and a bunch of programs and I wanted to
understand how it all worked so I could write my own!" It was only after
digging in to the code that the student wanted to understand how to tackle
certain programmatic challenges – but they then did so with great gusto!
The
Khan Academy Computer Science program is a distillation of this process into
it's purest form: Directly encouraging experimentation, exploration, and
creativity as a direct gateway to deeper learning.
Khan Academy joins several other free "learn to
code" services, including previously
mentioned Codecademy. The difference is that Khan Academy's
tutorials are really self-directed—they're more like playgrounds, although
walkthroughs are also available for more complex topics.
In the code editor,
everything you change is reflected right away. Use the built-in color or image
picker, for example, or change a few numbers, and the code is executed in real
time.
You can save code to
your account and also connect with others in the Khan Academy community to
further fuel your learning.
Get started playing
and building your own programs via the link below.By
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