[vox] Fwd: Re: Books for kids about programming

[Bill Kendrick]

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Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:20:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gandalf  Parker <gandalf at community.net>
Subject: Re: [vox] Books for kids about programming
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On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Bill Kendrick wrote:
>A few years ago (2004?) I decided it would be a neat idea to write
>a book about programming for kids.  Maybe do it collaboratively, and
>release it under a nice open license.  I asked around (including this list)
>to figure out what modern language would be suitable for kids, and almost
>everyone said Python.
>
> http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/07/13/1349203/Hello-World

Cool links. Its also been a thought of mine (mostly because it matches my 
level of programming skill) :)

Altho a pet peeve is the authors admission that they started in Basic 
(like most who werent blown off early and succeeded as programmers) then 
decided on a "modern" language to base the book on. Chickens. I find that 
usually means they have no experience with modern basics. Personally, I 
still use a text basic to do my system scripts and webpage CGI's. I have a 
ton of books on all of the recommended languages but havent run into 
anything forcing me to have to learn one.

Gandalf  Parker
-- 
Why is it that anytime someone talks about basic programming they dont 
talk about BASIC programming?


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