My personal experience started back in elementary using Logo Writer (which in a way has evolved into Scratch), granted I was a little kid and computers where not as awesome as they are nowadays, but for the time being it took me places I hadn't been before... I think that's how I got hooked in the business... I could say that it was these first impressions based on such simplicity and coolness that made the goods that stick into my head for life. That's how basics in teaching programming should be taught... a simple process that yearns magic.

回到我的第一个CS 101，我从构建Tequila Sunrise(一个可以在任何时候使用正确的成分重复的一步一步的过程，将产生相同的输出)开始，从那里我们转向使用Scheme的基本数学函数(就像EHaskins说的那样……)从小的开始，然后逐渐增加)，然后是循环、布尔逻辑、结构的概念，然后是对象的概念和一些模拟执行……

这种方法的一个好处是，在学习编程概念和基础知识的过程中，语言不是一个目标，而只是一个工具(就像运算符、函数和其他东西在数学中的作用一样)。

IMHO learning the basics of programming and creating a foundation is probably the best thing you could teach your brother, once the goal is covered then u can move on into a more general use language like python and teach them higher concepts like architecture and design patterns (make them natural in the process so he will get use to good practices from early stages and will see them as part of the process)... we are far from reinventing the warm water, but we always have to start by creating fire.

从那里开始，天空就是极限!

我曾经教过编程，你哥哥有一个主要的优势，他比我的大多数学生都想学:)

如果你决定使用C语言，一个朋友有一个网站，上面有一些老一代使用的程序，被认为是基本的输入程序。其中更复杂的使用ncurses，这在某种程度上否定了它们作为教学辅助的作用，但其中一些是很小的东西，你可以在没有教的情况下学到很多东西。

我个人认为Python和Ruby会是很棒的第一语言。

编辑: 一夜之间出现的初学者编程作业列表可能正是你正在寻找的。

Microsoft Small Basic是一个免费的基于。net的编程环境，旨在为初学者提供一个“有趣”的学习环境。该语言是VB的一个子集。NET，甚至包含一个Logo语言中熟悉的“Turtle”对象。该网站包含一个循序渐进的教程。

其他几个起步平台:

一个好的可编程计算器(这是我在70年代学到的)，HP25, HP41，现在TI69等等。 像“Inform 7”这样的互动小说平台提供了另一种视角 Flash / ActionScript

所有这些都是不同的，引人入胜的，其中任何一个都可能激发一种兴趣，这是跑步初学者所必需的。

LBB

Python is easy for new developers to learn. You don't get tangled up in the specifics of memory management and type definition. Dive Into Python is a good beginners guide to python programming. When my sister wanted to learn programing I pointed her to the "Head Start" line of books which she found very easy to read and understand. I find it's hard to just start teaching someone because you don't have a lexicon to use with them. First have him read a few books or tutorials and ask you for questions. From there you can assign projects and grade them. I find it hard to teach programming because I learned it over nearly 15 years of tinkering around.

首先问他这个问题:“你想用你的电脑做什么事情?”

然后选择一组符合他的答案的活动，并选择一种允许这些事情完成的语言。如果它是一个简单的(或可简化的)脚本环境(例如Applescript, Ruby，任何shell (Ksh, Bash，甚至.bat文件)，那就更好了。

原因如下:

如果他对结果感兴趣，他可能会比你让他数斐波那契兔子更有动力。 如果他得到了他喜欢的结果，他可能会想出你创造的活动的变化。 如果你在教他，他(目前)还没有追求一份正经的职业;以后总是有时间切换到“行业实力”语言的。