From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2005-10-14T22:46:55+09:00
Subject: Re: my mother wants to code?

Stephen Waits <steve@waits.net> wrote:
> 
> On Oct 13, 2005, at 6:36 PM, jussij@zeusedit.com wrote:
> 
> > Using the IDE approach, too many details are hidden by the
> > IDE, so in essence all you are learning is the IDE.
> 
> I absolutely agree.  Though I might choose notepad2 over vi/emacs for  
> teaching).

Use something with syntax highlighting and autoindent at least - afaics
notepad2 doesn't do the latter.

martin