C++, OOP, and whatever crazy async shit is going on in JS ruined the conceptual model of “code” for going on 2 generations of programmers.
We do students a disservice teaching them how to “code” first. And not instead how to solve problems with code
We do students a disservice teaching them how to “code” first. And not instead how to solve problems with code
But a real fucked up mental model to bake into an entire industry’s worth of developers
I also don't know any school, college or university that starts their programming courses in a webbrowser. Typical languages in Germany for a first semester algorithms/data structures class are either Java or C++.
What you explained happens in Germany is pretty par for the course in the US as well for CS degrees. But even then, why the hell are we throwing a book of data structures at students? You don’t give an apprentice framer a nail gun and say “go at it!”. They’ll destroy everything. You give them a hammer and educate them when they start to complain of smashed thumbs