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If not truly educational, it's at least great to get kids curious about programming, or more important: the mindset.


>If not truly educational, it's at least great to get kids curious about programming

Who else sees it?


I think this is the most important point. She's packaging the concept of programming in a way that kids are likely to embrace (a la Sesame Street).

Whether the book is effective at teaching Ruby to kids remains to be seen, but I'm pulling for her.




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