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From: cate3@panix.com (Henry Cate)
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Subject: Re: Recommendations for an online Introduction to programming using Java
Date: 17 Dec 2013 14:40:19 -0500
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In article <gu2dna8uio1EfTLPnZ2dnUVZ_t-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
Charles Hottel <chottel@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>"Henry Cate" <cate3@panix.com> wrote in message 
>news:l8ntqs$rf3$1@panix2.panix.com...
>> I have a young teenage daughter who is interested
>> in programming.  She has been messing around with something
>> on Kahn Academy's web site which uses Javascript.  A friend
>> of mine has a teenage son who is also interested in learning
>> how to program.  I would like to get them started with Java,
>> but Google has 9.5 million hits for: "Introduction to
>> programming in Java"
>>
>> Does anyone have recommendations for an online
>> forum which teaches the basics of programming, using Java?
>>
>> I have read some of the current thread about what
>> is teaching Java.  Here is what I would like:
>>
>> Good introduction to real programming
>> Teaches the basics - make no assumptions on what the student already knows
>> Simple exercises to make sure they understand the concepts
>> Online video would be nice
>> Free would be nice
>>
>>
>> If you have a strong recommendation for a good book,
>> I would also appreciate that.  (Amazon lists almost 800 books
>> for the same pattern.
>>
>>
><snip>
>
>I like the books published by Mike Murach:
>
>http://www.murach.com/books/java.htm 

	Thanks.  I'll check them out.

	This kind of seems to be what I want:

http://thenewboston.org/list.php?cat=31

	I'll check them out this weekend to see if the quality
is pretty good and how engaging the videos are.



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