[ale] [OT] First Programming Language for Adult??

[leam hall]

Some things to consider on Python:

Good book freely available on-line:  http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/

A Beginner's e-mail list:  https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Leam


On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Tom Freeman <tfreeman at intel.digichem.net>
wrote:

>
> Given that she is a librarian - and working on new aquisitions - I will
> thank you for your loan offer for her. I suspect that she will enjoy
> spending the school's money however.
>
> On Thu, 29 May 2014, Stephen Leonard wrote:
>
>  My suggestion is to use a book like this in conjunction with some other
>> language resource that assumes no prior programming experience.  I'm not
>> familiar with Alice, but I agree with your suggestion for Java or Python
>> since plenty of documentation exists for beginners.
>>
>>  http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Computing-
>> Algorithms-Russel-Shackelford/dp/0201314517
>>
>> Unfortunately, the price for this book is steep.  Since my copy is just
>> collecting dust, I would be willing to lend it.  Please email me offline
>> if interested.
>>
>> Here are some additional online resources I have seen suggested by
>> others.
>>
>>  http://htdp.org/
>>  http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/
>>
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