Comments on: Introduction to Programming For Beginners. https://www.danfletcherblog.ca/2015/06/introduction-to-programming-for-beginners/ Blogger | Student | Programmer Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dan Fletcher https://www.danfletcherblog.ca/2015/06/introduction-to-programming-for-beginners/#comment-50 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 17:02:25 +0000 https://www.danfletcherblog.ca/?p=439#comment-50 Hey Craig, it’s true the KA curriculum isn’t always appropriate for all ages, although that’s what they aim for. However as you move on to some of the advanced tutorials it does get more interesting. Check out this Pong clone I made over at KA:

https://www.khanacademy.org/computer-programming/paddles-a-pong-clone/6476272483696640

Getting into Android development is a good choice too. Is it safe to assume you are learning Java then? If so, this free course at Stanford helped me immensely when I started out: https://see.stanford.edu/Course/CS106A

Programming is a wonderful skill to learn and can be very rewarding! Good luck! And thanks for the comment too.

Cheers,

Dan

]]> By: Craig Wheeler https://www.danfletcherblog.ca/2015/06/introduction-to-programming-for-beginners/#comment-49 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 16:23:49 +0000 https://www.danfletcherblog.ca/?p=439#comment-49 Thank’s Dan, I just started to learn programming at Khan Academy, I’m 55 and it’s like being a kid in kindergarten, but I think programming is a whole lot harder, I started out downloading Android Studio to try and make a App & watching youtube videos, well when the guy started talking code and strings, I went totally blank, so thanks man excellent article & thanks for the links, later Craig.

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]]> By: Beginners Guide to Programming - Install Python https://www.danfletcherblog.ca/2015/06/introduction-to-programming-for-beginners/#comment-16 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:39:28 +0000 https://www.danfletcherblog.ca/?p=439#comment-16 […] This tutorial is part of a series. To see the previous tutorial click this link: Introduction to Programming […]

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