macOS Am I excited, or what!

[toddburch]

My son, a junior in high school, turning 17 next month, is taking Computer Science this year. Friday while I was out of town, he text-messaged me to tell me he got a 95 on his first test, and that he had just written his first Java program ("howdy world" - we're in Texas )

They're using JCreator under Windows, and pretty much all he had to do was change some text and click BUILD and then RUN, but hey - it's an easy entre without all the frustration of classpaths and running in the command line that could very easily turn off a teenager.

I have to remember to not overwhelm him with concepts that haven't been introduced to him yet. But, he knows I'm excited too, so he humors me some.

Todd - one proud dad! (Sorry, had to share!)

 

[jedirunner]

Sweet!

That's awesome Todd!

I've got an 11-year-old son who has shown some interest in programming, but hasn't taken a class yet. He got all excited the first night I got visual studio setup and taught him how to write for() loops in C#. heh. He spent all night writing new loops to insult people repeatedly. ( /sigh ).

I'm excited to see him get into middle/high school where he can actually take a class and do something somewhat more useful with those loops. Until then, I'll keep showing him stuff from time to time.

Again, very sweet, and congrats to the son for his nice exam performance.

Kevin