What programming language(s) do you think should be taught at school?

[rpm]

Share your views on which programming languages you think should be taught in school.

 

[waltamelon]

SQL because data is love , data is life

 

[CamiKaze]

SQL because data is love , data is life

+1

 

[konfab]

Java

1) Most school IT teachers already know it.
2) It is fully cross platform
3) It is free
4) It places people who know it in a good position to learn C and C++.

 

[Jan]

Share your views on which programming languages you think should be taught in school.

Java.

There are plenty of (open source!) resources available, you can teach the fundamentals of functional and object-oriented programming, plus the students then have a basic grounding in Java syntax which will help them with Android development.

 

[Venomx11]

Sure is...

SQL because data is love , data is life

 

[Brado]

Java.
As much as it can be painful to use, it is extremely popular, use for Android apps, and the tools to develop with it are free.
Furthermore, statically typed languages are good for people learning to code, as it will make them understand variables and types and how they should be used.

It should also be critical to teach certain good practices, like use an MVC framework, and show them the value of tests.

Dry code, refactoring and other good practices and patterns can be taught later

 

[gregmcc]

assembler

 

[Hamster]

Oh we're doing this again.

Python, C# or Java

 

[waltamelon]

assembler

yes then move to C ,
then c++
so they can appreciate object orientated programming
and then java/c# so they can appreciate garbage collection

 

[konfab]

assembler

You would have to teach programmers how computers actually work.
That would remove 90% of the people in the field.

 

[DA-LION-619]

C# > Java
Especially for a student.

 

[tomridl]

C# - Now that Xamarin is free, you can write cross platform mobile apps, desktop apps, web apps and more all using the same language. Free dev tools (Visual Studio Community Edition) and plenty of online resources.

 

[skimread]

Scratch for grade 7 and younger. Python for older. Leave the OO languages for after school.

 

[gregmcc]

You would have to teach programmers how computers actually work.
That would remove 90% of the people in the field.

Leaving the 10% remaining decent coders

 

[SlinkyMike]

LOGO for the kids who can read and are just learning maths properly for the first time.

Python and SQL for high schoolers.

These should be mandatory subjects.

 

[konfab]

Scratch for grade 7 and younger. Python for older. Leave the OO languages for after school.

You do know Python is about as Object Oriented as you get.

 

[charlieharper]

JavaScript/PHP/HTML & CSS as well as Python... Because web/browser based stuff is the future.

 

[Baxteen]

Comp sci should be a compulsory subject in grade 8 and 9.
in primary school you get the interest with graphical IDE's and do not focus on code based things at all,

then from there in grade 8 and 9 you do HTML and CSS, do it over two years, with an advanced class for those who excel.
the ones who excel should move on to an ancient text based language like Turbo Pascal, this will get the ground work done.

then from grade 10 to 12 you do Java and SQL.

BUT you should only be able to take it in grade 10 if you took the advanced class in grade 9 and was taught the basic principles of programming, loops, conditional logic, Arrays. ect

 

[skimread]

You do know Python is about as Object Oriented as you get.

I know now.