On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Venkatraman S <venka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would recommend starting with http://alpha.djangogenerator.com/ to get a
> feel of an 'application'.

It might be just me but I think this is an *extremely* bad idea.

I just tried the site and it looks like a nice point and click wizard
to create an "application template"  which people can customise into
an application.

The world has enough people who consider programming mostly a matter
of point and click who don't know what's going on. I would be
completely against using any of these tools for an introductory
programming course. I'd teach language basics, the standard library
(like Senthil pointed out) so that they don't reinvent the wheel
poorly and then have them solve *hard* problems which are relevant to
their area of work. Getting an application up and running with a few
clicks of a mouse has the same effect as eating junk food. Your
appetite goes away, you can claim that you've eaten something but
there's close to zero nourishment.


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~noufal
http://nibrahim.net.in
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