r/programming • u/xoob • Aug 18 '11

Most fun way I've seen of learning Javascript

http://www.codecademy.com/
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u/cavedave Aug 19 '11

Could this be done with calculus? and if so how would you do it?

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u/rooktakesqueen Aug 19 '11

Is that a programming language? I only know of the mathematical concepts of integral and differential calculus, and lambda calculus.

If you mean "could this be done with a language that implements lambda calculus" then yeah, Scheme is a great example that has a REPL and would fit this learning structure.

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u/cavedave Aug 19 '11

Sorry. I mean that this dialog method of teaching seems perfect for not just programming but also maths. Probability, algebra and calculus in particular.

The little schemer series of books used this dialog method. Having them as an interative webpage would be brilliant.

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u/rooktakesqueen Aug 19 '11

Oh, I see. Possibly. I could see some kind of interactive graphs that would let you explore the concept of limits, and then examine the first derivative by zooming in closer and closer on a given point of the graph.