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Programming, taught upside down: what changed in v1.1.0
From v1.0.0 (2026-10-21, 6385c6c40) to v1.1.0 (2026-10-27, db67c5ce1), paragraph by paragraph.
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!shot pu-upside.webp | images/ | Programming, taught upside down.down: Usually: syntax and types, variables and functions, classes and structure, exercises with no purpose, and often nothing useful at the end. Howhow it is learned:usually somethingtaught, youand want to control, makehow it workis and see it work, the concept you need when you need it, and structure because you need it.learned. | concept
18 unchanged paragraphs, under In short {#in-short}, Lockhart, on maths {#lockhart}, We do the same with programming {#programming}…
!shot pu-loop.webp | images/ | The tools that got the loop right:right, from BASIC on the ZX Spectrum,Spectrum Visual Basic, the spreadsheet, Scratch, Code Club, and nowto explorer coding. Each made the distance from an idea to seeing it work very short. | timeline
6 unchanged paragraphs, under The irony: back to Excel {#excel}
!shot pu-excel.webp | images/ | The irony: people taught programming with nothing useful to build, peoplebuild go back to the spreadsheet,spreadsheet and program there anyway. Microsoft calls Excel the world's most widely used programming language. | concept
6 unchanged paragraphs, under Explorer coding starts at the right end {#explorer}, Coding is communication {#communication}
!shot pu-communication.webp | images/ | Coding is communication: voice and briefs, visual blocks, code and its primitives, and the machine underneath. The way in changes; the primitives stay. | concept
11 unchanged paragraphs, under What I hope changes {#hope}, What this does not claim {#limits}, Where this comes from {#sources}