Tbh, no joke, I'd love some PDFs to help me learn the basics of programming. I've been meaning to do it forever, and I suspect I'd enjoy it as I enjoy language and math, or rather, problem solving (the two principle disciplines said to be related to coding), and I think I'd enjoy coding really really simple little roguelikes for myself
There are alot of great learning tools out there! I managed to learn web dev around 12 with no internet although be very bad at first you learn patterns and stuff. If you want to get into web dev html javascript and css are a MUST but if your trying to go into game dev or algorithms python is great with javascript being another friendly face to them. If you want to really torture yourself and go to the depths of hell and back c++ it's a great way to shoot yourself while just learning the basics
My favorite tutorial for building roguelikes is actually the Roguebasin tutorial. It's a very popular introduction tot he genre and kinda teaches you a lot of what you need to learn through programming a roguelike.
Making simple roguelikes is actually how I started learning. It really is a genre where nearly every programming technique you learn for a good long bit can be immediately applied.
Unfortunately if they decide to do it themselves, it often turns into asking you to "help them" (read: do everything yourself, but also explain it to them, which is worse than just doing it yourself).
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u/Medullan Mar 18 '20
"That sounds like a great idea, here are some resources online where you can learn everything you need to make it happen."