Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-23 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
I was just as surprised because I picked up a copy for about $10 before the pandemic.  Now everything is crazy high priced.Even a dozen eggs at an Aldi store in my home town area back in Illinois was .49c before the election of 2020. So that other site offers a better price now, but if you keep

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-23 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
they want over $200 for a paperback book? On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 2:44 AM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > What about this book for a starter: > > https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Shell-Script-Programming-Meadors/dp/0619159200/ref=sr_1_1?crid=17G30RXKOVSVK&keywo

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-22 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
What about this book for a starter:https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Shell-Script-Programming-Meadors/dp/0619159200/ref=sr_1_1?crid=17G30RXKOVSVK&keywords=linux+shell+script+programming+book&qid=1671781328&sprefix=linux+shell+sc%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1 try and find it on abebooks.com for better price97806

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-22 Thread trent shipley via PLUG-discuss
That would have been the early 80's. When BASIC was not owned by Microsoft, when it was spelled BASIC for whatever compiler you used, and it had line numbers, and GOTOs. I started programming in a gifted program with a dumb impact printing terminal with an acoustic coupler you stuck a phone hands

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-22 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
trent shipley via PLUG-discuss said on Thu, 22 Dec 2022 07:26:18 -0700 >Python is a great first language, and there is no shortage of beginning >Python books aimed at young beginners. I've never read a juvenalia >programming book, except maybe pre-Visual Basic BASIC with the line >numbers and goto

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-22 Thread trent shipley via PLUG-discuss
The "what does she want to do?" is critical. One reason there's a shortage of programmers and an even bigger shortage of cybersecurity experts is that many people who could do these things would rather not do them, even if it means lower pay. Yes, a kid's intro-to-programming book would be just w

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-22 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
What does she want to do? On 2022-12-22 08:22, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: I was interested in BASH for her because I want her to get into cyber security. Would a juvensalia book be good for a 10 year old? On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 9:26 AM trent shipley via PLUG-discuss wrote: Python is a

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-22 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I was interested in BASH for her because I want her to get into cyber security. Would a juvensalia book be good for a 10 year old? On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 9:26 AM trent shipley via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Python is a great first language, and there is no shortage

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-22 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Mike, In 1986 my manager gave me the only computer my department had. It was a CPM/DOS machine. It was portable and weighed probably 5lbs. I loaded DOS and was lost for a while. Not sure how I made that jump, however within a few months I was running dBaseIII on it and doing some programmi

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-22 Thread trent shipley via PLUG-discuss
Python is a great first language, and there is no shortage of beginning Python books aimed at young beginners. I've never read a juvenalia programming book, except maybe pre-Visual Basic BASIC with the line numbers and goto-s for me, but at 14 she may be a bit old for them and you might be OK with

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-22 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
bad typo... my daughter is 14 not 24 so I need something for kids. sorry about the typo On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 10:15 PM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > https://www.zybooks.com/catalog/programming-in-python-3/ > > > On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 03

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-21 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
https://www.zybooks.com/catalog/programming-in-python-3/ On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 03:34:14 PM MST, James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss wrote: Probably my favorite little tutorial on python is a byte of python https://python.swaroopch.com/ Though I do wish we had a good tutorial t

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-21 Thread James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss
Probably my favorite little tutorial on python is a byte of python https://python.swaroopch.com/ Though I do wish we had a good tutorial that taught good programming behaviors that wasn't ultra-specific to a task. On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 3:31 PM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.ph

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-21 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
https://pythoninstitute.org/study-resources On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 02:06:46 PM MST, greg zegan via PLUG-discuss wrote: https://edube.org/learn/pe-1/earn-pcep-certification-8 On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 01:07:22 PM MST, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote: P

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-21 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
your link is broken greg On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 4:06 PM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > https://edube.org/learn/pe-1/earn-pcep-certification-8 > > On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 01:07:22 PM MST, JD Austin via > PLUG-discuss wrote: > > > Python and man

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-21 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
https://edube.org/learn/pe-1/earn-pcep-certification-8 On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 01:07:22 PM MST, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote: Python and many other things (but not Bash) here:  https://www.w3schools.com/Bash: - https://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/

Re: BASH textbook for kids

2022-12-21 Thread JD Austin via PLUG-discuss
Python and many other things (but not Bash) here: https://www.w3schools.com/ Bash: - https://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/ - https://linuxconfig.org/bash-scripting-tutorial-for-beginners - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXhiZeXZVWc JD -- J.D AUSTIN TWIN GECKOS TECHNOLOGY SER