To be honest, I'd get him something like visual basic for dummies. I think VB is a very good language..... or better yet, FLASH!! A good intro to Flash book might be just what he needs. The reason I like VB and Flash for someone his age is because they offer a more visually oriented interface for those that learn well that way. Kids like being able to draw buttons and stuff on the screen then write a little code to make things happen when they interact with them. This lets them have more immediate results (and more fun playing around with it) while also slowly introducing more and more back end coding as they want more functionality.
~Simon Simon Horwith Macromedia Certified Instructor Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Fig Leaf Software 1400 16th St NW, # 220 Washington DC 20036 202.797.6570 (direct line) www.figleaf.com -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 16 October, 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. ======================================================================= Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Hire Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
