As a former computer science professor for a number of years, I strongly recommend starting with Python over C, but the book you have is a classic and I have the same one on my shelf.
To back that up, MIT has posted their online introductory programming course in Python for free online. Check it out and good luck in your journey!
Thanks for this link. I've looking for an introductory lecture on programming myself.
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Oooh, thank you, @carback1, for sharing the introductory programming course!
I'll definitely check it out.
Python was the only contender when I was looking for a start point. I understand the very basics: open closed; IF THEN. That's about as elementary as you can get but I don't mind baby steps because if I thought about the sheer volume of text out there I would probably freak out. LOL
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Glad to help—baby steps are asbolutely the way. A lot of people say the most important thing in programming is learning how to learn, but I think it's going from a high-level goal, and breaking that goal down into tiny, achievable chunks (or baby steps)!
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Exactly! You can't read unless you know the alphabet first. :)
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