Re: "Learn to code"-type book for students?

Seconds on Learn to Program by Chris Pine (not the actor)!  Digestible,
readable, and very beginner-coding.

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 3:23 PM Mugurel Chirica <[email protected]>
wrote:

> You can share Head First Ruby (
> https://www.amazon.co.uk/Head-First-Ruby-Jay-McGavren/dp/1449372651/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=head+first+ruby&qid=1563833927&s=gateway&sr=8-1
> )
>
> The book is very beginner friendly (I didn't read the Ruby one, but I read
> a few of their books and I had a friend who is a complete beginner reading
> those and he liked it).
>
> Alternatively you can use Leart to Program (
> https://www.amazon.co.uk/Learn-Program-Using-Ruby-Facets/dp/1934356360/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=learn+to+program&qid=1563833933&s=gateway&sr=8-1)
> which is very easy for a beginner to pick up. The focus is on programming
> for complete beginners and it happens to use Ruby as the programming
> language.
>
> I have experience with both of them so I can recommend them, but I can't
> remember other resources that are beginner friendl.
>
> Hope that helps. Cheers.
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:06 PM Ken D'Ambrosio <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hey, all.  I'll admit it: Ruby's my favorite language, at least in part
>> because concepts that had been difficult or overly abstract in other
>> languages were straightforward concepts in Ruby.  And now, well, I'd
>> like to share the fun.  But I had ~25-odd years of hacking and slashing
>> in various languages before I went down Ruby Road; what I'm looking for
>> is an introduction-to-programming type of thing (book, website,
>> whatever) that happens to use Ruby, *not* simply a book aimed at a
>> programmer who's looking to learn Ruby.  Basically, one that starts with
>> simple challenges (increment a variable; figure out what use modulo is,
>> or #to_int, etc., etc.) with Ruby as the fabric that ties these
>> together.
>>
>> Does such a beastie exist?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -Ken
>>
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>
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