Well, I'm not sure how 'technical' he is. He is defintely a very bright child - but I don't know how his mind would grok coding. Perl would certainly be simple and useful.
Linux.... hmmm... I could give him an old box when I move down. I guess it wouldn't hurt to ween him off of M$. ;) ======================================================================= 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 > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:42 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Learning Programming > > > 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
