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		duskwuff on Sept 5, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Teaching programming to a 10 year old, and... I'd avoid Dive Into Python and HTML5 -- both are intended as quick-start guides for those specific technologies, not as general programming tutorials. They won't make a lick of sense without significant prior programming experience.

drdaeman on Sept 5, 2010 [–]

About Dive Into Python: http://oppugn.us/posts/1272050135.html

duskwuff on Sept 5, 2010 | [–]

I wouldn't go quite that far, but it certainly isn't for beginners.

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