[wordup] Bret Victor - What Programming Could Be ...

[Adam Shand]

This is the most inspiring computer thing I've seen in ages.  It actually makes me want to still be a nerd (which is increasingly rare these days!).  It's interesting how much he talks about which makes utter sense to me, but which had never made it beyond a subconscious level.  

If you're at all interested in making programming better I really recommend this video.  If wish that you could program or have tried and been frustrated at how hard it is to learn to program, then this will provide a glimpse at what the future might hold.

http://vimeo.com/36579366

His whole website is pretty fascinating, full of long form articles explaining how things could work differently.  

http://worrydream.com/

The first article I found was this one:

http://worrydream.com/LearnableProgramming/

Which has too many pictures and movies to be worth trying to copy here. 

Adam.