Ask HN: Which book introduced you to programming?
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"The Applesoft Basic Programmer's Reference Manual"
I was around 10 and my parents bought a used Apple II and this book came with it. I thought it was the coolest thing to make a program, even if it was super basic. I wish I would have kept the book, my parents ended up throwing out the book and the computer a few years later.
I was around 10 and my parents bought a used Apple II and this book came with it. I thought it was the coolest thing to make a program, even if it was super basic. I wish I would have kept the book, my parents ended up throwing out the book and the computer a few years later.
"C++ in 24 hours"
My mother took a course on programming, she was the best in her class. That was the first time I ever saw someone sit at a computer and program.
http://www.amazon.com/Sams-Teach-Yourself-Hours-Edition/dp/0...
My mother took a course on programming, she was the best in her class. That was the first time I ever saw someone sit at a computer and program.
http://www.amazon.com/Sams-Teach-Yourself-Hours-Edition/dp/0...
"All About Computers" by Helen Davies & Graham Round:
http://www.amazon.com/All-About-Computers-Helen-Davies/dp/08...
My parents got it for me when I was very young, and (if memory serves correctly) it had some program listings in BASIC in the back of the book. I must've typed them into our Apple IIe computer and started to learn programming by modifying the code.
[As for being introduced to C, the book "Using C" by Clint Hicks from Que Publishing is what helped me get started and get my head around the concept of pointers. I have tons of programming books now, but that one has a very distinct crack down the spine from regular use.]
My parents got it for me when I was very young, and (if memory serves correctly) it had some program listings in BASIC in the back of the book. I must've typed them into our Apple IIe computer and started to learn programming by modifying the code.
[As for being introduced to C, the book "Using C" by Clint Hicks from Que Publishing is what helped me get started and get my head around the concept of pointers. I have tons of programming books now, but that one has a very distinct crack down the spine from regular use.]
BBC Micro Model B User Guide
Absolutely amazing as a 10 year old who'd just got his first computer. I soaked it all in, and in return it gave me a career.
PDF: http://bbc.nvg.org/doc/BBCUserGuide-1.00.pdf
Info: http://www.retro-kit.co.uk/page.cfm/content/BBC-Microcompute...
Absolutely amazing as a 10 year old who'd just got his first computer. I soaked it all in, and in return it gave me a career.
PDF: http://bbc.nvg.org/doc/BBCUserGuide-1.00.pdf
Info: http://www.retro-kit.co.uk/page.cfm/content/BBC-Microcompute...
The first book I can remember was "Basic Computer Games"
http://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/. Esp. the star trek games brings back so many nice memories
http://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/. Esp. the star trek games brings back so many nice memories
I'd written programs before this, inventing my own language and hardware, then emulating the hardware to have it do things like playing tic-tac-toe and Conway's Game of Life. It was slow, but served me in good stead when I built my first real computer from NAND gates, and then subsequently working in safety critical hard-realtime embedded systems.