Re: Suggestions for an education programming project

2008-11-18 Thread Scott David Daniels
Eric wrote: On Nov 17, 1:06 pm, Arnaud Delobelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, I've been trying to get my son interested in learning some simple programming for a while. While I understand that a structured tutorial is best, I think if we can write something co

Re: Suggestions for an education programming project

2008-11-17 Thread Stef Mientki
Eric wrote: Hi, I've been trying to get my son interested in learning some simple programming for a while. While I understand that a structured tutorial is best, I think if we can write something cool at least once, it will encourage him to learn more. While I have a lot of experience with MATLA

Re: Suggestions for an education programming project

2008-11-17 Thread r0g
Eric wrote: > On Nov 17, 1:06 pm, Arnaud Delobelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Hi, >>> I've been trying to get my son interested in learning some simple >>> programming for a while. While I understand that a structured tutorial >>> is best, I think if we can w

Re: Suggestions for an education programming project

2008-11-17 Thread Eric
On Nov 17, 1:06 pm, Arnaud Delobelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi, > > > I've been trying to get my son interested in learning some simple > > programming for a while. While I understand that a structured tutorial > > is best, I think if we can write somethin

Re: Suggestions for an education programming project

2008-11-17 Thread Arnaud Delobelle
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I've been trying to get my son interested in learning some simple > programming for a while. While I understand that a structured tutorial > is best, I think if we can write something cool at least once, it will > encourage him to learn more. I know it's

Re: Suggestions for an education programming project

2008-11-17 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Eric wrote: > Hi, > > I've been trying to get my son interested in learning some simple > programming for a while. While I understand that a structured tutorial > is best, I think if we can write something cool at least once, it will > encourage him to learn more. While I have a lot of experience

Re: Suggestions for an education programming project

2008-11-17 Thread Joe Strout
On Nov 17, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Eric wrote: My son has an idea for a program to write. Basically he would like to present a window with a small circle on it. The window title would have the instruction to click on the circle. As the mouse approaches the circle, it moves away from the spot. Being a

Suggestions for an education programming project

2008-11-17 Thread Eric
Hi, I've been trying to get my son interested in learning some simple programming for a while. While I understand that a structured tutorial is best, I think if we can write something cool at least once, it will encourage him to learn more. While I have a lot of experience with MATLAB, I've just s