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On Nov 2, 2012, at 2:09 PM, Mita Williams wrote: > +1 to web-hosting as it gives the ability install one's own software on > one's domain (which feels great) *and* easy access to shell. > > And when web-hosting feels like too much of a barrier to access, sites like > jsfiddle where you can immediately start adding *and* sharing code is key. > IMHO the initial appeal of Code Academy was that it removed all barriers to > getting started. Getting a laptop's localhost set up is too daunting for a > first step, I think. If that's a problem for people, it might be worth looking at the various *AMP (LAMP, WAMP, MAMP) stacks for an easy install of Apache, mySQL + perl / python / php. We're probably moving away from locally hosted services towards 'the cloud' for the most part (remember when they used to be called 'service providers'?) but it's still useful to learn a little something about configuring a webserver / database / etc. And it's generally more locked down in the various *AMP stacks than if you went and installed them individually, so there aren't quite the same level of problems w/ security. -Joe