[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Programming Classes??

[Steve Baker]

Tom Adelstein wrote:

> Finally, if you need to get started then the "Absolute Beginner's Guide 
> to C" by Greg Perry. You'll have to get it used: eBay or Amazon. Mine's 
> old, old.

My 11 year old son learned to program in C using that book - he found it
a pretty easy read.

I know they had copies of "Absolute Beginner's Guide to C" in the Cedar
Hill branch of Barnes & Nobel less than six months ago - they probably
still have copies there right now.

> Some people insist that the only way to learn is to just type code over 
> and over. That can work and it helps to build muscle memory. You still 
> have a few basic skills to master and I found it works best to get have 
> a reference to grab for some of those skills.

Practice is VERY important for learning to program - even experienced
programmers get better with every program they write and have to keep at
it to stay 'sharp'.  I've been programming since the early 1970's - and
still, when I look back at code I wrote a year ago, I think "Geez - I
wrote *THAT*?".

Typing in programs from books is pretty pointless though.

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