How do I teach a kid C# with a book

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my kid is extremely interested in programming especially c# what book should I use to teach my kid c#. they are too old for scratch its way too easy for him. please help thanks.

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my kid is extremely interested in programming especially c# what book should I use to teach my kid c#. they are too old for scratch its way too easy for him. please help thanks.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-04T08:57:00

Depends on his age really - there aren't any books I'm aware of that are focussed on "children": they all assume you are at least a young adult with a reasonable attention span and "mental focus"

Trouble is they are generally expensive, so I'd start by checking my local library - most can access books from the entire country and may have some goodies. Look for MS Press, Addison Wesley, and Wrox, but avoid anything with "In XX days!", "For dummies" or multiple exclamation marks in the title.

There are free ones, such as The Yellow Book (https://www.robmiles.com/c-yellow-book[^]) but they don't cover as much and aren't quite so focussed one "from first principles" education as some of the (much thicker) paid or ones.

The good news is that the IDE is free: Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition – Download Latest Free Version[^] and seriously good!

raddevus · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-04T09:00:00

Try this older book which is FREE:
.NET Book Zero by Charles Petzold[^]

It's called .NET Book Zero
It starts at the absolute beginning & really digs into things like books should (but rarely do).

I've used this to on-board new programmers (who program little or use other languages).

You'll find a PDF at the site.
Charles Petzold is a very famous Windows programmer and wrote the original book to teach devs to program windows.

Also, get the FREE tool known as linqpad at: LINQPad - The .NET Programmer's Playground[^]

It makes trying out code much easier.

thatraja · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-04T09:08:00

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Here some stuff related to C#
C# Education & Resources[^]

Nowadays personally I recommend Online Course websites like Pluralsight, Lynda, Udemy, etc., .... Videos are better than books since we see Environment, Code, etc., in a single place and with instant explanations plus guidance.

Posted 4-Feb-22 9:08am

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