How We Teach Programming, and Where We're Going Wrong

Re:How We Teach Programming, and Where We're Going Wrong by mch82 on Sunday February 07, 2016 @02:14PM (#11054274)

The [Head First Labs](http://www.headfirstlabs.com/) series of books is a terrific example of teaching programming with relatable, real-world problem sets. I've found these books are good for a general overview of a topic that can later be supplemented by more advanced references.

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Re:How We Teach Programming, and Where We're Going Wrong by kozukumi on Sunday February 07, 2016 @03:06PM (#11054545)

The Head First series gets treated a bit like the For Dummies series of old however I think it is a bit unfair. I read Head First C a year ago and it is a fantastic introduction to C. I was really impressed to see an intro to C book (not intro to programming, you do need to already understand another language before reading the book) cover subjects such as threading and network programming. Most books on C don't go anywhere near that stuff which is a shame as it makes programming a lot more interesting IMHO.

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Re:How We Teach Programming, and Where We're Going Wrong by LeighJohnson on Sunday February 07, 2016 @03:24PM (#11054633)

Thank you! Added my resource bookmarks. :)

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