[wplug] Coding

[Andrew Fisk]

www.freepascal.org/


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
Suite 19
2301 Duss Ave.
Ambridge, PA 15003
Phone (724) 266-4642
fax: (724) 266-4645
andy at spitcomp.com
www.spitcomp.com




On Mar 17, 2009, at Tuesday, March 17, 20098:39 PM, George Larson wrote:

> Hello everybody!
>
> So, I've been (more or less) in IT fields for so long as I've been  
> employed.  Most recently, I worked for Sony where I developed using  
> primarily .NET and now I'm coding PHP in a LAMP environment.
>
> Yesterday my 11 year old son, interested in ole' dad's work, asked  
> about learning to code.  It is, of course, great that he is  
> interested.  Conversely, I have no clue where to begin.
>
> I'm figuring that we should attend the next WPLUG meeting (if 11  
> year olds are welcome -- I'll check) but does anybody have any  
> suggestions on where to start?  When I was his age, I had C-64 and I  
> typed program listings out of magazines.  I know that MS recently  
> released a beginner's version of VB but I'd rather get him pointed  
> in a FOSS direction.  He loves Ubuntu.  We haven't tried Edubuntu yet.
>
> Advice??
>
> Thanks!
> G
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