Re: [MLUG] good intro to programming for a teenager?

[John Engelbrecht <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I still have the Free C tutorials I found on a site
about 6yrs ago, and if you know C you can easily learn
PHP or Perl.

The C turorial comes in 3 Zips files
(csrc.zip<examples>, chtm.zip<Tutorials>, cans.zip<Answer sheets>).

PHP has Documentation and examples online on their website, www.php.net
PHP can be installed on Windows and linux machine with no cost.
PHP can be ran as a regular application Script or Webpage Script.

Perl has alot.. of man (manual) files included when Perl is installed
to Linux OS, just do man perl. I found its very helpful to Write Script
for http://irssi.org (IRC client) to motivate yourself to learn Perl.
Perl can be installed on Windows aswell, It'll be called ActivePerl,
and i believe the site is http://activeperl.com

There also a Game Called "Colobot" that kind of introduce
OOP (Object Oriented Programming) to the player,
for Languages like Java.
Java Compiler can also work on Both windows and linux,
I mainly use http://java.sun.com to grab the Java Source Development Kit.



On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, Mike Miller wrote:

> My son is 13 years old.  He is very interested in computers right now (thanks 
> to those of you who gave us some tips on what to by for gaming - we put 
> together a killer machine, I thought, for $600).  It was a great experience 
> for us to work together assembling the computer and installing software.  He 
> is interested in learning all sorts of things about computers and he just 
> told me that he wants to learn to program.  Many of you guys are excellent 
> programmers and would probably have ideas about good ways for a kid to get 
> started.  What do you recommend?  (Language? Books? Things to try to 
> program?)
>
> Here are a few more facts:  We installed only Win XP x64 on his computer, but 
> he is interested in Linux, so we'll probably install that later in a dual 
> boot configuration.  I can work with him on programming stuff, but most of it 
> would be by e-mail and phone because he usually sees me every other weekend.
>
> Mike
>
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