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No, not exactly.

"Html for common folk" is just a particular instance of "programming for common folk". There isn't one solution for it, there should be many different solutions.

It's been a long time we want to make programming simple. And we've tried a bazilion solutions already: easier languages (e.g.: Basic), specific purpose languages (e.g.: Cobol, R, Logo), visual programming (e.g: LabView, Scratch, Lego Mindstorms), dozens of IDE's and CASE systems, programming courses for everyone, specific purpose tools (Access, Excel), etc...

So far, the one solution that I've seem coming close to success is teaching Python to kids in schools. That might be the best approach: make a simpler solution for a simpler problem and make education a little smarter.

Now, regarding grown-ups, just forget them. They're a lost cause, like teaching new tricks to an old dog. In general, grown-ups are allergic to learning, they think they know everything.




> "Html for common folk" is just a particular instance of "programming for common folk".

Only sort of. "Html for common folk", with good tooling and strong templates, is more like "paint by numbers--on the internet".

The barriers to entry at lower. The cost of failure is lower. And nobody building their own "Magic the Gathering webring" is trying to take your job.




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