[noodle]

Seriously, who cares? Why is there a badge of pride on our industry being hard? Its not like using a Tessel is something grandmas can do. Why is it a requirement for someone to know how to wire up a LED without blowing it? Software has become huge specifically because you don't need to know Assembly or even C to build real things that people can use.

If anything, you would think that you'd be overjoyed. People would hypothetically try to create products with these "child's toys" and give people like you a more robust job market and salary prospects. Or they wouldn't and it doesn't affect you at all.

[pessimizer]

You seem to be repeatedly straw-manning EpicEng without replying to what he/she is actually saying. Maybe I'm just seeing that because I agree, but writing a useful embedded application in javascript seems about 100x harder than any of the standard ways, teaches you nothing useful, and would have to be rewritten from the ground up to go into production. It's a legitimate concern, not an "I'm so much smarter than you" brag.

[noodle]

I don't think you read me correctly.

I agree with the facts and premise he presents. A Tessel is a toy. It is not going to teach you C, Assembly, or any of the realities of hardware development.

I disagree with the premise that this is a bad thing. I disagree with the premise that people are buying Tessels with the intent to create production grade products. This is literally a toy for people who want to screw around with hardware. This is not a bad thing.

Would you give people shit for buying some Lego Mindstorms to do the same thing instead of a Tessel?