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

I would recommend also watching some screencasts - they are generally created in context of a specific technology not a language, though if there's Python code displayed, that'll do :). The point is - they're created by some good programmers and watching how good programmers program is a good thing. You and your brother could do some peer programming as well, that might be an even better idea. Just don't forget to explain WHY you do something this way and not that way. I think the best way to learn programming is from good examples and try not to even see the bad ones.

首先，像其他人一样开始:使用Hello World程序。这很简单，它让他们对程序的布局有了基本的感觉。试着回想一下你第一次编程的时候，以及一些概念有多么困难——从简单开始。

在Hello World之后，继续创建一些基本变量、算术，然后是布尔逻辑和if/else语句。如果你有一本旧的编程教科书，可以查看一些早期的例子，并让他浏览一下。只是不要一下子介绍太多，否则会让人不知所措。

一行一行地复制一些简单的代码，让他们一边读一边理解。他们很快就会解决的。我开始用Acorn杂志上的代码片段在Acorn Electron上编程。在我6岁的时候，我对编程一无所知，我习惯抄写文本，但渐渐地我学会了不同单词的意思。

我同意Leac的观点。有时候无聊的时候我会玩Scratch。这是一种非常有趣的查看代码的可视化方式。

它的工作原理是，他们给你一堆“积木”(这些看起来像乐高积木)，你可以叠起来。通过堆叠这些块，并与画布(游戏邦注:你可以在此放置精灵和图像)进行交互，你便能够创造游戏，电影，幻灯片等等。这真的很有趣。

当它完成时，你可以直接上传到Scratch网站，这是一个类似youtube的Scratch应用程序门户。不仅如此，您还可以从网站上下载任何提交的内容，并从其他Scratch应用程序中学习或扩展。

There have already been a bunch of great answers, but for an absolute beginner, I would wholeheartedly recommend Hackety Hack. It was created by the unreasonably prolific why_the_lucky_stiff specifically to provide a BASIC/LOGO/Pascal-like environment for new programmers to experiment in. It's essentially a slick Ruby IDE with some great libraries (flash video, IM, web server) and interactive lessons. It makes a good pitch for programming, as it chose lessons that do fun, useful things. "Hello, world" may not impress right off the bat, but creating a custom IM client in 20 minutes can inspire someone to keep learning. Have fun!