[Tutor] Hey, there is a newbie!

[Daniel Yoo]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 smoralis@aias.gr wrote:

> I am very new in computer programming (actually I couldn't be newer!).
> I would like know about sites for elementary programmers.

Welcome!

Alan Gauld's tutorial on how to learn programming is very good:

    http://www.crosswinds.net/~agauld/

It starts from the very beginning, up to object oriented programming.  I
highly recommend it, not just because it's good, but because the author
frequently posts here.  *grin*


There are a bunch of other introductions here:

    http://www.python.or/doc/Intros.html

but as you'd expect, it's just slightly Python-centric.  Personally, I
don't think that's a bad thing, but if you want another view, there's
another site called TeachScheme which is also very nice:

    http://www.cs.rice.edu/CS/PLT/Teaching/

Instead of using Python, the TeachScheme people use the Scheme language to
do problem solving; it's also a fun language to learn.  The choice depends
on what you want to learn, so explore a little, and see what you enjoy.  
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us.