I don't think anything could scare a child away from programming faster than the three headed hydra that is html, css and javascript.
I mean, I know how we got to where we are and it makes sense - "thing works, use thing more". But with html+js+css the amount of bullshit about angle brackets and ids and names and escape characters and css quirks and floating divs and lambdas and selector syntax that you need to get through before you can make a rudimentary game or interactive page is very unfriendly.
I mean, I know how we got to where we are and it makes sense - "thing works, use thing more". But with html+js+css the amount of bullshit about angle brackets and ids and names and escape characters and css quirks and floating divs and lambdas and selector syntax that you need to get through before you can make a rudimentary game or interactive page is very unfriendly.