Core: CompSci 100-200 level classes can be taught entirely in .NET Notebooks in VS Code

Created on 29 Oct 2020 · 3Comments · Source: dotnet/core

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Anyone can get started in CompSci 100-200 level classes taught entirely in .NET Notebooks in VS Code ‘fast’. An entire curriculum for early in career could be taught entirely with notebooks. e.g. data structures, algorithms, language features.

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shanselman

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It'd be probably an epic in itself, but building an open-source CS curriculum might be what it takes to get people interested in .NET over Java (my first CS language), JS, or Python.

I'm gonna sound like a total marketer goon but... what's the elevator pitch for C# over Java or Python?

jarz on 30 Oct 2020

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It'd be probably an epic in itself, but building an open-source CS curriculum might be what it takes to get people interested in .NET over Java (my first CS language), JS, or Python.

I'm gonna sound like a total marketer goon but... what's the elevator pitch for C# over Java or Python?

jarz on 30 Oct 2020

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As someone who teaches an introductory computer science class in c# I would absolutely love this.

snow-jallen on 1 Dec 2020

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I had my programming introductory course on Python, and then used Java the most. When I tried C# and .NET, I didn't go back to Java. This would definitely be great.