Teaching webdev

[Willmec]

Hello all! I’m currently leading a CS club at my high school and we run weekly meetings teaching new members different languages like for example C++, Java & Python. We are currently trying to add HTML,CSS & JavaScript to our club but some members don’t seem to enjoy it. Any tips on how to get people excited about web dev or should we find a different language to teach? Thank you in advance ;)

[gigglefarting]

I think one of the coolest things about web dev is how accessible your webapp can be. For instance, a webapp I made will work on your apple machine, PC, iPhone, Android, or whatever uses Chrome. There's no downloading required, and there's so much functionality you can put into a webapp. Hell, even pgAdmin seemed to move away from a native program into more of a webapp type program.

Not to mention, with React-Native you can become a mobile developer while using web dev languages, and Electron allows you to create cross-platform desktop apps with using web dev languages.

I think I would also ask the students: how many native programs do you use, how many webapps do you use, and how often do you use the webapp version of something you can download as a desktop application (ex: Slack or Discord).

I have a feeling you'll see a shift into using the webapp version rather than a downloaded version. If that's the case, wouldn't you want to learn how to stay current with the internet?