We know one thing for sure, I'm going to get a lot of refreshers... :)<br><br>I'll check out javapassion and freepascal too. I dunno 'bout the Linus autobiography. I have no doubt it would be inspiring -- but I think there are more immediate ways to embrace my son's interest in computers and programming. :)<br>
<br>Thanks everybody!!!<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/3/18 Carl Trusiak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:carl_trusiak@hotmail.com">carl_trusiak@hotmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Along these lines, Sang Shin has online courses for Java, AJAX, Ruby etc. He usually runs dates for each, currently he's in the middle of one for JavaFX. However, all material is online and easy to follow.<br><br><a href="http://www.javapassion.com/" target="_blank">http://www.javapassion.com/</a><br>
<br><br><br>> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:39:45 -0400<br>> From: <a href="mailto:wplug@curlynoodle.com" target="_blank">wplug@curlynoodle.com</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:wplug@wplug.org" target="_blank">wplug@wplug.org</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [wplug] Coding<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>> <br>> 2009/3/17 George Larson <<a href="mailto:george.g.larson@gmail.com" target="_blank">george.g.larson@gmail.com</a>>:<br>> <br>> > Advice??<br>
> ><br>> > Thanks!<br>> > G<br>> <br>> George,<br>> <br>> You may want to consider Java as a means to teach OO programming, and<br>> allow for cross-platform use. Check out: <a href="http://bluej.org/" target="_blank">http://bluej.org/</a> for a<br>
> teaching IDE.<br>> <br>> I completely understand the value of FOSS, but the fact is that world<br>> largely runs Microsoft. That said, I recommend looking at C# using<br>> Mono (<a href="http://www.mono-project.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mono-project.com/</a>).<br>
> <br>> Lastly, CSS and Javascript is what I started with in college.<br>> <br>> Dave<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> wplug mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:wplug@wplug.org" target="_blank">wplug@wplug.org</a><br>
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