How technical is his mind? I would send off with a Perl or C book and let him start there. That is how I learned.
Se if you can get a Linux shell somewhere and let him play. > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:34 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Learning Programming > > I have a 13 year old nephew who is a genius (or at least in my mind ;). > He seems to be interested in picking up programming. (He borrowed one of > my Mastering CF MX books and is thumbing through it.) I'd _really_ like > to help him learn programming, although I'm across the country so I > can't sit with him and cover the basics. Does anyone know of a good > program/book/whatever that teaches basic CS principles? I don't care > about the language - hell even ASP would be fine - but I want something > that teaches things like data structures, flow, etc. The language is not > important. > > Any recommendations? Remember I won't be there and unfortunately no one > else local to him is a programmer. (Although I'm moving there soon and I > may just wait till I can personaly tutor him.) > > Oh, and it doesn't have to be web specific - although I am going to pick > him up a good HTML book. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
