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Best Way to Get Kids Started in Programming?
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on Fri May 26, 2000 02:18 PM
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kbh3rd writes: "A couple of my kids are starting to make noises about learning to program computers, just like their old man. 8^D I'm totally unsure how to start out. I'm a *nix geek, but I don't know if they'd keep interest if started with 'main () { printf ("Hello, world!\n") ; }' and command-line gcc. They almost exclusively use Win98 because that's where their games run. I can't believe I'm saying this, but maybe they should start with something where they could get some Windows programs going, like VB (shudder) or Delphi? What language/development environment would be best for kids aged 11-13 who think they want to learn some programming over the summer? And what are some good books they might start with, too? "
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- Haskell by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:08PM
- Re:Teach the kids to program in python! by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:33PM
- Re:Logo isn't dead; Methods for teaching Children. by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @07:52PM
- I have the same dilemma... by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:19AM
- MUDs by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:23AM
- Re:Here's what worked for me! by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:07AM
- Re:BASIC does what it says... VB does more by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:43AM
- How about Visual Age for Java? by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:19AM
- Re:bring 'em up right...on Unix by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:07AM
- The Least Frustrating -- JAVA? by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:34PM
- Python by Pierce (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:13AM
- Re:Why, when I was a boy... by Ranger Rick (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:55AM
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- I would get flamed for this, but anyway... by dragisha (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:30AM
- start with C Games. by Damon C. Richardson (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:38PM
- SmallTalk? by doug (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:19AM
- Re:Straight up C++ by McKing (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:24AM
- Re:Lisp and/or Scheme! by PHroD (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:51AM
- SICP by SpringRevolt (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:46PM
- Re:Python - basically a poor man's Smalltalk by X (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:40AM
- Old Hardware, Better Manuals by XPulga (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:38AM
- Re:What I used to do... by Kragen Sitaker (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:47PM
- Re:Logo isn't dead; Methods for teaching Children. by jafac (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:28AM
- Re:good question! by jafac (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:35AM
- What He Said! by Delf (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:27AM
- Re:Logo by alanw (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:55AM
- Re:Kids & Programming by mikpos (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:50AM
- Re:Don't dismiss VB by mikpos (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:55AM
- Re:Don't be afraid of BASIC, VB, etc... by mikpos (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:59AM
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- It's Blasphemy, but... how about Logo? by NewWazoo (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:02AM
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- Use Python, and no RAD tools by tjansen (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:38AM
- How about scheme? by freddie (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:37AM
- PERL!!! by nullhero (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:08PM
- try GNU Robots by Jim Hall (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:19PM
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- Re:games games games by richieb (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:42AM
- Re:Python by docz (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:41PM
- Re:How my dad got me started by cpt kangarooski (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:41AM
- BASIC of course by Frédéric (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:28AM
- Tcl/tk - runs in windows, linux & mac and does GUI by scum-o (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:54AM
- Really! Java/JBuilder by lophophore (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:41PM
- Re:good question by Chris Hiner (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:06PM
- Good starting language by cblack (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:30AM
- Games by neo (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:12AM
- Classic Languages for Children: Smalltalk and Logo by DannyKumamoto (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:10PM
- Re:Don't underestimate them by johnnyb (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:51AM
- Re:Web programming by theFerret (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:37AM
- Perl, nice and easy by Ben Smith (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:36AM
- Smalltalk by jimm (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:43AM
- A bit unfair to JS by NickFitz (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @02:36AM
- Re:Heh.. by CMiYC (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:47AM
- Useful URLs by andrew cooke (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:05AM
- What about Lingo? by wugmump (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:34AM
- I would have to say: by Byteme (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:35AM
- Re:Perl Age limit by AShuvalov (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:49AM
- Kids? No way! by AShuvalov (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:38AM
- Graphics by Soong (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:41AM
- Re:Great Books & Schtuff by arwild01 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:54AM
- ZZT OOP language! by Thrakkerzog (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:00AM
- Real GUI programming which is simple by Salvo (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:32AM
- Re:You might consider Alice by waldoj (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:25AM
- From Basic to Quake-C by Lazy Jones (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:34AM
- Re:Python - designed for teaching by dwhall (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:31AM
- BASIC was great, today it is not so eazy... by Pretender R*S (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:32AM
- Re:Why not Java? by GoodDoug (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:59AM
- Re:Java with a good class library by Locutus (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:06PM
- Re:How about Visual Age for Java? by Locutus (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:11PM
- Re:Give them Squeak by algebraist (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @05:27PM
- Hey, I learned at 10.... by NickoLas (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:12AM
- Re:How about MOO? by DavidTC (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @08:06PM
- Re:Mindstorms? by wik (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:59PM
- Re:Lisp and/or Scheme! by Romen (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:09PM
- Re:No, Simple Languages Aren't (Good) by binarybits (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:07PM
- Re:No, Simple Languages Aren't (Good) by binarybits (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:19PM
- Re:Why? by binarybits (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:03AM
- JAVA ! by Axe (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:00AM
- Re: EDU-SIG created for this by kurowski (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:44AM
- Do take it easy! (was:Re:Don't underestimate them) by earthy (Score:1) Monday May 29 2000, @12:42AM
- Re: Python - designed for teaching by ajjfk (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:22AM
- HTML first by mikeraz (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:15AM
- C++ is not a good way to start with OO by Augusto (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:31AM
- Python and can we have better topics? by willhelm (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:12PM
- Free Reign by apropos (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @04:51AM
- Re:JavaScript by nathanm (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:28AM
- interpreted / scripted language with graphics by peter303 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:10PM
- Re:How about MOO? by MikeFM (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:47PM
- Re:Perl Age limit by Requiem (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @05:59PM
- Pretty stuff - and no reason to start high end by parm (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:21PM
- Re:JavaScript by mr_burns (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:01AM
- Hmm... by Pope Slackman (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:32AM
- Re:On the other hand... by Octorian (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:41PM
- An ideal language for learning: Java by Skeezix (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:56AM
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- Re:Turtle by stx23 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:36AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by David F. (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:03AM
- Re:Don't underestimate them by Nater (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:47PM
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- Games! by MeanGene (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:28AM
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- Re:Karel the Robot by Chrome3 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:48AM
- Forget the conventional by HerbieTMac (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:04AM
- BASIC by SpacePunk (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:37AM
- Up the ladder by LionMan (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:42AM
- I'll second that by Crag (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:31AM
- Heh.. by BilldaCat (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:22AM
- Definately Python! by CAB (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:38AM
- Same problem by freddevice (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:19PM
- Learn the basics by Provos (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:07AM
- Emulators by cowbutt (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:45PM
- Re:good question by Darkfell (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:49AM
- Some Attributes For Kids Programming Languages by The Infamous TommyD (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:28AM
- Re:Mindstorms? by austad (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:06AM
- Is it worthwhile? by karnal (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:41AM
- CGI with Perl by anthrax (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:53AM
- Graphics programming by gedanken (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:09PM
- Spoiled brats by mrglue (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:34AM
- Logo, Common Lisp or REALBasic by roffe (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @06:56AM
- Re:Game programming, all the way! by Jenova (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @05:56PM
- Consider Alice by Corvus (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:29AM
- Gift them the thirst, not the glass. by Art Popp (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @06:30PM
- How my dad got me started by SparkyB (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:15AM
- Python with wxPython by richardmguy (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:31AM
- Re:Mindstorms? by Sq (Score:1) Wednesday May 31 2000, @04:35AM
- Intercal by DonkPunch (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:52AM
- Re:Python - designed for teaching by Khalid (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:19PM
- Logo! by Calmacil (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:19AM
- Re:Mindstorms? by punkrockgeek (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:25PM
- Learning programming for kids by Mendenhall (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:26AM
- On the other hand... by jpowers (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:50AM
- Re:On the other hand... by jpowers (Score:1) Thursday June 01 2000, @12:49PM
- Re:Don't dismiss VB by fuckface (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:37AM
- First languages by shaum (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:46AM
- Cluelessness, and an offer to kbh3rd... by nbvb (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:34AM
- Get a copy of K&R by VP (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:41AM
- Re:Don't underestimate them by Bootsy (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:41AM
- Re:games games games by nutsy (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:46PM
- Re:Logo by sugarman (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:01PM
- Logo and Lego! by rips (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @03:30PM
- Re:Logo by Invisible Panther (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @07:49PM
- Learn while writing games! by 8.012 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:56AM
- BASIC worked for me by tbo (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:27AM
- Re:Don't be afraid of BASIC, VB, etc... by linuxmop (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:06AM
- games & programming by EnderWiggnz (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:42AM
- Oh and about the music bit... by EnderWiggnz (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:47AM
- Re:Heh.. by jmaslak (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:36AM
- Re:Logo in College! by Reylox (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @03:52AM
- Teach concepts using games by nullset (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:52PM
- Don't forget about good language help. by Kronos. (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:39AM
- FutureBasic on the Macintosh by johnrpenner (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:42PM
- Squeak does Alice by smalltalker (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:40AM
- What About Scripting? by Drows (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @04:38AM
- Just use BASIC under linux! by firewood (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:53PM
- Historical ignorance about Basic by firewood (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @05:17PM
- Re:Why? by Ames (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @07:16PM
- Re:Programmable Calculators by Trane (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:43AM
- No, no - The trick is.. by Medieval (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:15AM
- Dude, you're asking the wrong question... by MartyJG (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:17PM
- Re:Games! by roca (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:36AM
- Re:Mindstorms? by thogard (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @05:21PM
- Logo by mmarcos (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:32AM
- Why Visual Basic is not a good starter... by kescom (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:57AM
- A language specifically designed for this: JJ by kiniry (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @06:39PM
- Re:I always liked LOGO and Pascal by Canar (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:33PM
- Try Python by rjones (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:23AM
- C was my first language by cyanoacrylate (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:08PM
- Re:I started on BASIC by Mostly Harmless (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:38AM
- Turtle by Joe_NoOne (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:29AM
- My 3.14 cents by Xidus (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @06:39PM
- consider NOT programming. by havaloc (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:56AM
- Straight up C++ by soma813 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:31AM
- bring 'em up right...on Unix by Mindcrym (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:24AM
- Better than QB/VB by Dwonis (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:23PM
- realbasic by sometwo (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:40PM
- One more benefit by Kwil (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:48AM
- HTML + glue language (+SQL, maybe) by slaker (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:17PM
- How about LabView by wagnerer (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:02PM
- Re:I started on BASIC by wolf- (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @05:50PM
- Re:Hear hear! Basic!~ by wolf- (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @06:03PM
- Re:Don't underestimate them by micahjd (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:10PM
- LOGO by brad_f (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @06:05AM
- Start small by BenLutgens (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:24AM
- Visual Basic == Fisher Price by PanDuh (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:28AM
- Re:Visual Basic == Fisher Price by PanDuh (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:43AM
- How about MOO? by doop (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:39AM
- Teaching a kid to program by hsouders (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:50AM
- Build Logic Skills First by powderhound (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:38AM
- what do you want your kids to learn? by anonymous loser (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:47AM
- Pascal is Easy to Understand, HTML a Great Primer by EverCode (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:30AM
- I Got It! by pipeb0mb (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @07:54AM
- Re:Python - designed for teaching by Jaime Herazo B. (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:52AM
- BASIC by CaptSwifty (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:26AM
- VB (shudder) by Master of Kode Fu (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:05AM
- Re:consider NOT programming. by Master of Kode Fu (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:21AM
- Re:What about Lingo? by Master of Kode Fu (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:52AM
- Re:Here's why not BASIC, try Java by Master of Kode Fu (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:36AM
- On BASIC, LISP, C/C++, Win32, and BeOS by Kohntarkosz (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:34PM
- What not to pick. by ucblockhead (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:08AM
- Re:Don't be afraid of BASIC, VB, etc... by ucblockhead (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:52AM
- For the under 12 crowd: Start with Prolog by Googol (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:13PM
- Where are they wanting to go? by DrMaurer (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:16AM
- OFF TOPIC: Thrice by DrMaurer (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:00AM
- Re:Don't be afraid of BASIC, VB, etc... by Largos (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:30PM
- Re:Mindstorms? by Rhys Dyfrgi (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @05:43AM
- Alice! by smallpaul (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:42AM
- Oberon :) by dJOEK (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:40AM
- Re:Logo by Tassleman (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:55AM
- Re:Don't dismiss VB by StrawberryFrog (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @01:06AM
- try lingo by ZeissIcon (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:31AM
- Unrealscript!!!! by atma (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:12PM
- pascal is a good way to start... by juzam (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:52AM
- Re:good question by Paranoid Diatribe (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:10AM
- Re:Logo by alcubierre (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:24PM
- Intro to Programming by crystal dragon (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:33AM
- Re:Web programming by guisar (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:54AM
- Python by dougfort (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:01AM
- When I started ... by dbarclay10 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:50AM
- Python! by vulgrin (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:24AM
- Mainframe work by yetisalmon (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:17PM
- Speaking from the horses mouth here...... by JM_the_Great (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:06AM
- BASIC does what it says by lactose99 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:21AM
- Personally... by LRJ (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:37AM
- Re:Getting started... by matman (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:48PM
- Re:Getting started... by matman (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:29AM
- Re:Mindstorms? by goodviking (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:22AM
- Java by Desdicardo (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:30AM
- They are just kids. by kirwin (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:23AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by wass (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:51AM
- Start with command-line based environment by Baki (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:42AM
- Teach them at least TWO DIFFERENT ones by alispguru (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:16AM
- Re:Mindstorms? by plawson (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:07PM
- Re:Mindstorms and "Hello World" by plawson (Score:1) Tuesday May 30 2000, @05:31AM
- Results Matter by lounsbery (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:50AM
- Ever heard of OOT? by ace118 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:26PM
- Hello World is OK by Jammerwoch (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:04PM
- One word.. LOGO by VWswing (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:28PM
- Re:Don't underestimate them by MostlyHarmless (Score:1) Sunday May 28 2000, @02:36AM
- I started with C by slakhead (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:19AM
- Tweak The Little Bits by jumbolo (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @02:21AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by mparcens (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:24AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by proj_2501 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @08:48PM
- My suggestion, Microworlds (logo's successor) by jzig (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @09:19AM
- Re:Why not Java? by Omicron (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:01AM
- Which language by freax (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @07:50PM
- Encourage, don't push by Potatoswatter (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @06:14AM
- Turbo Pascal for DOS by dybdahl (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:05PM
- 6 kids, 3 programmers by mitd (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:53AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by mike_malek (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:59PM
- Re:I started on BASIC by leo.p (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @12:51PM
- Game scripting languages? by SteveSmith (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:09AM
- The kids will make another worm! by AntiBasic (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @05:57PM
- Don't dismiss kids intelligence by Rares Marian (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:51PM
- Re:What about VBScript for starters? by bmabray (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:38AM
- Re:Java/JBuilder by TummyX (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @07:10PM
- Dont' teach a programming language by jjn1056 (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @07:11AM
- QuickBASIC, or web progamming by ghost. (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:37AM
- How about an emulator? by zizzo (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:53PM
- Re:Don't dismiss VB by Money__ (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:06PM
- Re:BASIC does what it says... VB does more by phliar (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @06:05PM
- Re: VB sucks so bad by phliar (Score:1) Monday May 29 2000, @04:59PM
- Re:Heh.. by Jackson (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:54PM
- Smalltalk: Syntactically/conceptually simple. by sourcery (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:46AM
- Re:My Advice: Java by randombit (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:02PM
- Re:My Advice: Java by randombit (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:10PM
- Re:Don't dismiss VB by god_of_the_machine (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @05:53AM
- Been there a couple years ago... by AiX2 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:00PM
- Re:Best Way to Get Kids Started in Programming? by WebSerf (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @07:10PM
- Re:I always liked LOGO and Pascal by eel (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:58AM
- Re:Logo isn't dead; Methods for teaching Children. by eel (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:00AM
- Re:Logo by eel (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:02AM
- Re:No no! You're all wrong! by eel (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:07AM
- Boxer, the only way to go. by eel (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:55AM
- It doesn't matter. by vampdsy (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:33PM
- Logo! by Moogoo (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:42PM
- AMOS Pro by HoriZoNe (Score:1) Sunday May 28 2000, @11:42PM
- What about LOGO? by jmv (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:33AM
- I think BASIC is the way to go by hGMFliP (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:29AM
- Kids & Programming by Roceal (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:12AM
- How about Lego Mindstorms by bornholtz (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:29AM
- Java! by El (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:43AM
- Win32 Perl by pnevares (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:27AM
- JavaScript by Relyt (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:27PM
- Re:Buy them MINDSTORMS! by CSG_SurferDude (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:50AM
- You are probably the rolemodel here by Steeltoe (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:15AM
- Re:Give them Squeak by RalphEJohnson (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @01:42PM
- C++ or something object oriented by active8or (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @12:23AM
- Re:Not Python, they need to learn babytalk first. by mazur (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:39PM
- Re:Web programming by mail11325 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:09AM
- My own discover : BASIC, 9old, ASM68, 12old by Vinz (Score:1) Monday May 29 2000, @02:12PM
- Let Kids Be Kids!! by root_dev_X (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:31PM
- Re:Logo by Keithel (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:53PM
- Re:Logo in College! by Keithel (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:57PM
- Re:Don't dismiss VB by Ravagin (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:22PM
- Re:Don't dismiss VB by Ravagin (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @10:54AM
- VB! by Ravagin (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:37AM
- Re:Don't dismiss VB by Ravagin (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:13PM
- Re:No, Simple Languages Aren't (Good) by Spire (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:13PM
- Re:Don't dismiss VB by bwoodring (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @07:20PM
- Only one place to start by linux_penguin (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:10PM
- Lisp or nothing. by haystor (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:43AM
- How about Director or Flash by greggman (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @05:46PM
- Re:Why not Java? by |deity| (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:55PM
- you gotta be kidding by rodentia (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:47AM
- What I started with by PerlGeek (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:34AM
- The best choice is Smalltalk by sjmgaut (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:41PM
- Re:Mindstorms? by DJStealth (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @11:06AM
- I started with Pascal... don't do that.... by z-man (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:26AM
- Language usually dosent mater. by jellomizer (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @05:42AM
- Re:LlamaCard, Hypercard for Perl by zeck (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:41PM
- Even better, it's free! by Nicholas Vining (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:54PM
- Start 'em when they're young... by Rower227 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:12AM
- Re:Python - basically a poor man's Smalltalk by RoninM (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @06:20PM
- Re:BASIC by Clived (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:34AM
- Re:Pascal is Easy to Understand, HTML a Great Prim by drewda (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:23PM
- Forget about the fancy IDEs by mikael_j (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @02:53AM
- The wrong question by mightbeadog (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:31PM
- How I started... by jtriangle (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:48AM
- I'm also interested by Sadfsdaf (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:35AM
- Re:On the other hand... by chocolate pi (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:19PM
- My Choice: Pascal by AlKaMo (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:08AM
- PASCAL, LEGO, LOGO, Game Scripting by Zerothis (Score:1) Sunday May 28 2000, @05:45PM
- LEGO LOGO by siokaos (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @06:25PM
- Re:Try Python by dgph (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:57AM
- Re:I'm also interested by dgph (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:34AM
- Re:Build Logic Skills First by dgph (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:44AM
- Mind Rover by tjgrant (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:26AM
- Perhaps you could do it this way by webrunner (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:55AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by Liedra (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @04:38PM
- Calculators.... by Wing (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:36AM
- My First Language... by Dice (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:10PM
- Delphi is the way to go... by flipper9 (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @03:14AM
- your all nerds by skazatmebaby (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:11AM
- Re:Give them Squeak by Phos (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @06:51PM
- hate to say it, but... by Mr. Sketch (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:32AM
- teach them Python by quick_dry_3 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:42AM
- Re:Java/JBuilder by WamBamBoozle (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:49PM
- Re:Why? by jorbettis (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @04:12AM
- Re:Getting started... by digitalhermit (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:08PM
- Re:Getting started... by digitalhermit (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:48PM
- It wasn't just graphics by digitalhermit (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:40AM
- Re:I'm also interested by gaudior (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:04AM
- What got me started... by LoPan (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:52AM
- Re:Hypercard by paulschreiber (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:58PM
- Complications... by green42 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:36PM
- A few options by Trinition (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:34AM
- Re:Don't dismiss VB by kjeldar (Score:1) Sunday May 28 2000, @10:10AM
- Re:*toy* languages for kids by kjeldar (Score:1) Sunday May 28 2000, @10:16AM
- Re:BASIC by kjeldar (Score:1) Sunday May 28 2000, @10:22AM
- perl? by godEcho (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:11PM
- Intro to Programming by jejones (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:34AM
- Re:What I used to do... by Midnight Ryder (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @07:12AM
- Re:Why not Java? by The Snowman (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @06:47PM
- Re:Lisp and/or Scheme! by VultureMN (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:27AM
- Where have the fun BASICS gone? by Sits (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:52AM
- The kids will work it out for themselves by Sits (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:37AM
- Best Language for Kids? Smalltalk! by lvarney (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:22PM
- Re:good question by rjamestaylor (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:00PM
- Delphi/Kylix by krachyn_ec (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:31AM
- Results by 1DeepThought (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:58PM
- What I've Done by DeltaStorm (Score:1) Friday June 02 2000, @12:58PM
- Re:Don't dismiss VB by PeterBecker (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:59PM
- Re:Java/JBuilder by PeterBecker (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:01PM
- If they already like games... by ripicheep (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:42AM
- One thing VB has going for it . . by moreati (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:24PM
- Perl. by ish__ (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:17AM
- Re:Don't flame me for this... by ctembreull (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:55AM
- brainfuck [was Re:C was my first language] by evil_deceiver (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @07:03PM
- JavaScript by mikol (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:29AM
- Try Logo by pornking (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:05PM
- Re:Obvious answer: Mindstorms! by GenCuster (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @01:42PM
- QBASIC by stevarooski (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:35PM
- Re:Why not Java? by roban (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:15AM
- Python by cruelshoes (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:04AM
- Re:BASIC does what it says... VB does more by Zordak (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:56AM
- Re:I'm a kid too by Zordak (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:08PM
- What to program IN or What to program? by minister of funk (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:07PM
- The Way to Go by zysus (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @05:16AM
- Must be interpreted by copyconstructor (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:35AM
- Javascript is very forgiving by donglekey (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:47PM
- Dark Basic by Lord Omlette (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:35PM
- Tcl/Tk! by dcecchi (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:15AM
- Start them off right: Python or Smalltalk by RevAaron (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:38AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by roman_mir (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @05:09AM
- Re:I started on BASIC - too bad by roman_mir (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @05:21AM
- ZZT! by Patrick McCarthy (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:58AM
- How about asking the kids? by lemox (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:49AM
- Re:bring 'em up right...on Unix by Oscar26 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:47AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by mazachan (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:18AM
- Teach by Learning by RA-Zero (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:24PM
- how I got started by 8bit (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:31AM
- What are your priorities? by Boatman (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:19AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by NovaScorpio (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:32PM
- Re:On the other hand... by ostrich2 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:05PM
- Re:Python - designed for teaching by frlord (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:53AM
- Re:Programming is HARD by xee (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @06:21PM
- Re:No, Simple Languages Aren't (Good) by xee (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:20AM
- I'm a Programming Kid(now Teen) by GoldJediDragon (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:45PM
- Start Simple by Raffi Spock (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:07PM
- Re:Don't dismiss VB by Jimmy_B (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:32PM
- I'm a kid so... by Ambien (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:18AM
- QBASIC by JeffHunt (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:45AM
- Re:games games games by NI3 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:20PM
- Re:Karel the Robot by hubrix (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:35AM
- Re:Chipwits!!! by Kristopher Johnson (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @04:43AM
- Don't limit them by unusualPerspective (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:34AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by Strog (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:27AM
- BASIC and Logo by gwalla (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:03PM
- Same way to get kids to do anything, by pac4854 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:46AM
- Re:On the other hand... by xtremex (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:44AM
- MSCE out of high school... by kill -9 $$ (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:15AM
- Lemonade Stand... by kill -9 $$ (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:21PM
- Re:On BASIC, LISP, C/C++, Win32, and BeOS by mbpomije (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:01PM
- Re:Delphi by SanjuroE (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:46AM
- YES to Turtle Graphics by elad (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:30AM
- Re:Give them Squeak by Lord of the Fries (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:59AM
- Re:Python - basically a poor man's Smalltalk by Lord of the Fries (Score:1) Monday May 29 2000, @08:26AM
- Graphics by ZHermit (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:35AM
- Assembler with direct screen writing! by xXRyanDGXx (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:03PM
- Re:Why not Java? by Taco Prophet (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:58AM
- DJGPP by Dungeon Dweller (Score:1) Sunday May 28 2000, @04:23PM
- Ask them what they want to do by JDeFontes (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:45AM
- Re:How about an emulator? by macwhiz (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @03:15AM
- Tcl/Tk might be a good starting language by Melski (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:22AM
- Re:Give them Squeak by sittidae (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:39PM
- Ask The Kids by Jobby (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:02AM
- Not just the language by jedwards (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:26AM
- Pascal? by corecaptain (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:20PM
- Java : Structured, Object Oriented and "Cool" by wood (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:06PM
- Re:I think algebra might be a first step... by enneff (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:54PM
- I started on BASIC by ca1v1n (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:20AM
- bootstrapping by -=Saiko=- (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @12:09AM
- Programming for fun or SE for profit? by #!/bin/allen (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:39AM
- Give Pascal a chance by Csy (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:09AM
- Re:Game programming, all the way! by dcoe (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:06PM
- Re:I started on BASIC by DrgnDancer (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:30AM
- Start Simple, then move . . . by oddRaisin (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:30PM
- Java's a great beginning by jordan_a (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:50AM
- The best way to get them started by jailbrekr2 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:35AM
- Recommend RCX Command Center for Lego Mindstorms by psyclops (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:41PM
- Something visual? by OsCarJ (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:37AM
- What do your kids want to do??? by Travis Fisher (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:13AM
- Re:good question by Anonymous_Hero (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:33AM
- Quickbasic might be a good option by Jason H. Smith (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:43AM
- Books and such material by Jason H. Smith (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:09AM
- Re:No no no! by duplex (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:06PM
- Getting started programming by lgas (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:25AM
- Start them on assembler! by bubber (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @01:33AM
- Re:Isn't that how we all started with Sinclair Z80 by bubber (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @01:47AM
- VB is the way to go by bool (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:32AM
- Re:Java/JBuilder by cretog8 (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @04:36AM
- Re:Don't dismiss VB by alleria (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @03:14AM
- Re:No, Simple Languages Aren't (Good) by alleria (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @03:33AM
- Your Kids Deserve Python by spoonboy42 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:28AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by digitalmind (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @05:55PM
- don't start them on windoze by kel-tor (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:15AM
- Re:bring 'em up right...on Unix by Snaller (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:21AM
- My start... by puddles (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:50AM
- Why not Tcl/Tk by Duckula (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @05:39PM
- Re:I started on BASIC by Sri Lumpa (Score:1) Sunday May 28 2000, @07:12AM
- VB by Sri Lumpa (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:32AM
- Perl Age limit by ellem (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:41AM
- Just do what I did... by mverrilli (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:44AM
- Overlooked C++/Java products (fer WinDoze, sorry) by Hotaine (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:44AM
- VB is good for beginners by Drone-X (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:07AM
- Re:JavaScript (About Java/Forte) by Drone-X (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:34AM
- Re:What about VBScript for starters? by Frizzle Fry (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @07:06PM
- Re:What about VBScript for starters? by Frizzle Fry (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:52AM
- Riiight... by Null_Void (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:56AM
- Consider the original Alice (a Pascal) by btempleton (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @06:28PM
- Re:Get them _creating_, then programming... by uebernewby (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:02PM
- Re:JavaScript by John_Booty (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:00AM
- My vote - Perk/Tk by Mad Ivan (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:26AM
- How About StarLogo??? by cosmicaug (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:40PM
- LabView Betcha never heard of it by jcabrer (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:45AM
- Anyone ever heard of CZ? by MrChris2 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:07PM
- Get in touch with me :) by LightningTH (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:48AM
- Speaking from experience by quickquack (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @06:42PM
- REXX by jfwcc (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:11PM
- Just the Basics by sirLOL (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:44AM
- Use fun whenever possible... by Toshio (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:08AM
- Re:Logo by adpowers (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @02:20PM
- Oh no... by Ian-K (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:54PM
- Re:good question! by kawlyn (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:21AM
- How about VBA by kawlyn (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:08AM
- Start with Java by _xeno_ (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:39AM
- Re:BASIC does what it says by shepd (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:14AM
- programming shouldn't be mandatory by blowhole (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @07:06PM
- Re:games games games by Danny Ra (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:37AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by tagore (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @06:14PM
- Programming --as taught by my parents by vvulfe (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:44AM
- First time Language by CFBMoo1 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:42AM
- You'd be surprised ... by srealm (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @07:56PM
- Re:I always liked LOGO and Pascal by escalation746 (Score:1) Monday May 29 2000, @04:10AM
- What about javascript/html? by Takatsuki (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:30AM
- Web design with PHP by AustenDH (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:17AM
- I started with a visual hack in GW-BASIC by fugl (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @07:06AM
- Applets are great for kids by Lander9 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:02AM
- Another vote for Scheme by scanizares (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:01AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by leadfoot (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:06AM
- VB could be good. by goateye (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:58AM
- Superlogo by Free Bird (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @08:05PM
- Re:Although it's not programming... by slycer (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:00AM
- Re:games games games by SlightlyMadman (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:39AM
- Java with a good class library by SlightlyMadman (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:26AM
- Logo, Pascal, VB, etc... by DirtyHarry (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:08AM
- Re:Mindstorms? by CheesyPoof (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:09AM
- The way to go... by MasteroftheVoxel (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:27AM
- For even the small ones... by yankeehack (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:45AM
- Logo by wdavies (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:49AM
- RapidQ!! The best of Basic + C + Perl by cr@ckwhore (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:54AM
- teach them web-centrically! (perl?) by mlas (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:46AM
- Graphical programming by kurisuto (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:42AM
- My 2 bits... by Corbin Dallas (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:04AM
- Re:Give them Squeak by conradwt (Score:1) Tuesday May 30 2000, @01:25PM
- LegoKAREL by albamuth (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:39AM
- Karel the Robot by albamuth (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:28AM
- TRUE: Basic cripples. Excellent observations. by NRAdude (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @06:47PM
- Beginning Languages by jne_human (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:14AM
- Re:Great Books & Schtuff by alarosa (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:10AM
- What to teach programmer kids by EraseEraseMe (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:05AM
- Easy Anser by el platano (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:23PM
- Programming language to start kids with... by splspl (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:32PM
- Re:Lisp and/or Scheme! by atlasheavy (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:35AM
- Re:My Advice: Java by crawford (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:17AM
- Visual Basic is fine by MarkoMuscovich (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:03AM
- Re:I think algebra might be a first step... by awx (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @10:39PM
- Unix over windows.. by MPCM (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:12AM
- Re:Hypercard by Frymaster (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @03:55PM
- Re:Mindstorms? by t.p. (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @04:53PM
- Re:Mindstorms? by t.p. (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:26AM
- Re:BASIC by ArcticChicken (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:35AM
- First Time I Seriously Started Coding by LaNMaN2000 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:47AM
- Results == interest by ScannerBoy (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:32PM
- Isn't that how we all started with Sinclair Z80 by an_mo (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:05AM
- Re:BASIC by Allicorn (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:56AM
- here is what you do... by IamLarryboy (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:42PM
- Re:I started on BASIC by Meatloaf (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:21AM
- i'm still a kid, so... by wdf (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:42AM
- Re:JavaScript by hartsock (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @10:31AM
- Turing anyone? by Astin (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:54PM
- Thats the way we had it...started with LOGO. by da_King (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:24PM
- programming...if you don't mind embedded... by Mighty Mik (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:12AM
- Color And Sound! by Sunlighter (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:52AM
- Our kids use Linux by SnapperHead (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @01:03PM
- teach em binary! by petithory (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:05AM
- Re:games games games by ^_^x (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:38AM
- Microsoft was cool once... by ^_^x (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:26AM
- Toontalk by mandrakeslut (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:17AM
- I was once a wee little nerd girl by megcass (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:38AM
- Re:Turtle by megcass (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:42AM
- Visual Basic? Hmmm. by tom_newton (Score:1) Saturday May 27 2000, @03:02AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by Duane Dibbley (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:58AM
- Re:I always liked LOGO and Pascal by Duane Dibbley (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @11:22AM
- Re:I started on BASIC by Duane Dibbley (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:08PM
- my experience by chompz (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:44AM
- Re:*toy* languages for kids by chompz (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @09:51AM
- Re:Delphi/Kylix by Hairy1 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @08:31PM
- Re:Assembler AND BASIC by Hairy1 (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @08:45PM
- Re:Don't underestimate them by Antipop (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:47PM
- Re:games games games by Antipop (Score:1) Friday May 26 2000, @12:58PM
- Re:No, Simple Languages Aren't (Good) b