Mitchel Resnick Quotes

Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul.

Now, it's my belief that Python is a lot easier than to teach to students programming and teach them C or C++ or Java at the same time because all the details of the languages are so much harder. Other scripting languages really don't work very well there either.

Giving the kids a programming environment of any sort, whether it's a tool like Squeak or Scratch or Logo to write programs in a childish way - and I mean that in the most generous sense of the word, that is, playing with and building things - is one of the best ways to learn.

Computer programming has been traditionally seen as something that is beyond most people - it's only for a special group with technical expertise and experience. We have developed 'Scratch' as a new type of programming language, which is much more accessible.

Programming is usually taught by examples.

I didn't do programming language stuff in college at all.

Teaching someone to program is like giving them a superpower.

I am a programmer.

'Programming' is a four-letter word.

My first job was as a programmer. So I feel like I'm familiar with the information technology sector and the information technology culture.

All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school - my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.

Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.

In the beginning, there were Real Programmers.

It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.

Our society expects that everyone should learn to write, even though very few become professional writers. Similarly, I think that everyone should learn how to program, even though very few will become professional programmers.

Even though I had the talent, programming just didn't feel right. I never considered it very seriously. Some people get gratification from bending a machine to their will. I didn't.

Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.

I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college.

I wanted to make an explicitly educational comic that taught readers the concepts I covered in my introductory programming class. That's what 'Secret Coders' is. It's both a fun story about a group of tweens who discover a secret coding school, and an explanation of some foundational ideas in computer science.

They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.

Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.

I'm thinking of going to programming school. Learn how to sit down at any computer and learn to do anything on it. That's all I have left and have interest in.

You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. It's logic-based creativity.

The kind of programming that C provides will probably remain similar absolutely or slowly decline in usage, but relatively, JavaScript or its variants, or XML, will continue to become more central.

Thus, the standard library will serve as both a tool and as a teacher.