Beginner programming
Aug. 25th, 2012 09:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
angharad_gamI learned to program when was eight. I taught myself Basic using a manual that came with my uncle's Commodore 16 (so little RAM, so much fun). Looking back it was a pretty good language to learn to program with - simple WYSIWYG language in which it was fairly easy to get some interesting results with a few basic statements eg CIRCLE(x, y, z) to draw a circle of radius x at (y, z).
I'm thinking about this because Liam has seemed very interested in computers at the moment, or more specifically, his laser-like Aspie attention has fixated on Windows (the operating system). Whether he will be interested in more besides watching Windows instructional videos on You Tube, or borrowing Windows ME for Dummies from the library I don't know, but most of the programming I do is numeric and most of the programming software I have installed is oriented accordingly. The kind of thing you have to have a grasp of algebra to get the most out of.
What I am wondering, for the programmers out there, is there something available now that might be the equivalent of Basic for me *wince* number of years ago? Any advice on good programming educational software, or basic (pun intended) but effective languages?
I'm going to stop typing now, because either IE is acting up or we are shaped, and typing is a pain in the proverbial.
I'm thinking about this because Liam has seemed very interested in computers at the moment, or more specifically, his laser-like Aspie attention has fixated on Windows (the operating system). Whether he will be interested in more besides watching Windows instructional videos on You Tube, or borrowing Windows ME for Dummies from the library I don't know, but most of the programming I do is numeric and most of the programming software I have installed is oriented accordingly. The kind of thing you have to have a grasp of algebra to get the most out of.
What I am wondering, for the programmers out there, is there something available now that might be the equivalent of Basic for me *wince* number of years ago? Any advice on good programming educational software, or basic (pun intended) but effective languages?
I'm going to stop typing now, because either IE is acting up or we are shaped, and typing is a pain in the proverbial.
