Elastigirl Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 For his birthday, my nephew has requested a computer programming book, he suggested Java, but if someone has other suggestions not Java I think that would work. Not sure what his math skills are,but not advanced. We bought my son a C++ book when he was this age, and it was too hard. But the ones for younger students are sometimes way too easy. He wants something that he can just work through on his own. If he can only do the first half the book and then it gets difficult and he needs to wait, that would work. Any suggestions? Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
JPrev Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 I think books from Head First Labs would be right up his alley; they have ones for specific languages. They've very accessible, and focus more on teaching and internalizing fundamentals than being exhaustive references. Engaging/goofy presentation, lots of exercises, tons of hand-holding; I used ones for JavaScript and CSS (although those are more web-based things, which may not be what he's after), and found them reliable. Quote Link to comment
Groove Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Is he a Minecraft player? Check out codecadamy as well, they have some cool tutorials. Quote Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted February 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Thanks guys Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
ret Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 code.org is a great resource as well. It has a lot of quick one hour lessons that are easy to breeze through, and longer than one hour lessons including intro level courses at various universities. He may get bored from the courses and there may be some things over his head, but if he's interested in trying out something like that he'd definitely benefit. Quote Link to comment
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