There is a book called 'Code Complete' by Steve McConnel. It is quite the most amazing book, particularly at teaching Code construction.
When I read it, I wish I'd read it 3 years before. It really does take your coding to another level. Actually all his books are very good. > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 16 October 2002 15:34 > 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
