programming-beginners

Scot 2018-03-07T02:24:21.000080Z

@amelia I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I wanted to share that I use VirtualBox on a windows laptop to write Clojure for my job. Virtual machines have come a long way, and it is totally feasible to have a small linux virtual machine to do your dev on without the stress of maintaining a linux dual-boot setup. Definitely cheaper than a dedicated unix dev machine too!

daveliepmann 2018-03-07T06:58:33.000037Z

Hey folks, it's great seeing so many folks chiming in to help. I notice some phrases that we helpers are using that we might not realize are unhelpful: "just do X", "surely you know Y", "Z is easy". But if they don't know X, Y, or Z, then your attempt to make that thing sound simple actually ends up dissing that person. The best bet is that when we're unsure someone with no programming experience will know how to do it, stay away from that kind of phrasing.

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