[ILUG] Linux Summer Course for Secondary Students

[adam beecher]

> I know... Perl is my preferred script-programming language,
> but I thought Python would be easier for younger students
> who perhaps have no previous programming experience. It
> can also be used for developing GUIs. So I thought Python
> would be more suitable than Perl... maybe this is a
> mistake?
>

Not a mistake, but it might be an idea to introduce/demonstrate a *range* of
"web programming languages" to them, and then focus on one. I just suggested
PHP because it really is pretty simple to use. Some people look down on PHP,
but what the hell, it gets the job done and doing things like interfacing
with a DB is like pissing up a rope. How bad?

adam