willtate - Slashdot User

Comment XNA Studio 3.1 (Score 1) 704

by willtate on Friday May 28, 2010 @04:14PM (#32381150) Attached to: How To Get a Game-Obsessed Teenager Into Coding?

I would look into installing Visual Studio C# Express 2008 and XNA Studio 3.1. This is a completely free setup for a Windows environment that has some incredibly easy examples and walkthroughs. http://creators.xna.com/en-US/ Your child can have their first 2D game up and running in a day. This will help build confidence and make them want to learn more on their own.

How To Get a Game-Obsessed Teenager Into Coding? 704

Posted by Soulskill on Friday May 28, 2010 @03:50PM from the apps-and-addons dept.

looseBits writes "I have a friend whose 14-year-old son spends all his time gaming, like any normal teenager. However, my friend would like to find a more productive interest for him and asked me how to get him into coding. When I started coding, it was on the Apple II, and one could quickly write code that was almost as interesting as commercially available software. Now, times have changed and it would probably take years of study if starting from scratch to write something anyone would find mildly interesting. Does anyone have experience in getting their children into programming? How did you keep them interested if the only thing they can do after a week is make the computer count to 10 and dump it on the screen?"

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