In a message of Sat, 26 May 2007 03:46:25 CDT, Jeff Rush writes: <snip>

I call that group "new programmers" - somehow calling them normal or average folk seems mildly insulting to someone, and calling them "non-programmers" isn't accurate if our goal is to teach them programming, albeit non-vocational style. "Non-professional programmers"? "Typical" people? "Making People" Programming-Literate"?

-Jeff

I think the word you are looking for is "amateur". Unfortunately it has bad connotations for some people. So I think rather than focusing on the _people_ and labelling _them_ we should focus on the code and label _that_. Amateur programs? Do-It-Yourself programs? Home automation? Practical Programming? Laura