Something you should be very mindful of while teaching your brother to program is for him not to rely too heavily on you. Often when I find myself helping others they will begin to think of me as answer book to all of their questions and instead of experimenting to find an answer they simply ask me. Often the best teacher is experimentation and every time your brother has a question like "What will happen if I add 2 to a string?" you should tell him to try it out and see for himself. Also I have noticed that when I cannot get a concept through to someone, it helps to see some sample code where we can look at each segment individually and explain it piece by piece. As a side note people new to programming often have trouble with the idea of object oriented programming, they will say they understand it when you teach it to them but will not get a clear concept of it until actually implementing it.

我可以推荐我的项目，PythonTurtle。

简介:

PythonTurtle致力于提供学习Python的最低门槛方法。学生们命令一个交互式的Python shell(类似于IDLE开发环境)，并使用Python函数移动屏幕上显示的海龟。说明帮助屏幕向学生介绍Python编程的基础知识，同时演示如何移动海龟。

它是这样的:

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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.

我强烈推荐John Zelle所著的Python编程:计算机科学介绍第二版。它面向初学者，并处理编程的语义。阅读后，您将能够更快地学习其他语言，因为Zelle的语义vs.语法方法。点击这里查看详情！

用现实世界的类比和想象的人物来教他们编程。比如当我教人们变量和控制语句的时候。

通常我从计算器的例子开始。我说，想象你有一个盒子，每个变量都有10个卡板，上面印着数字0 - 9。假设这个盒子一次可以装一个纸板，用类似的方法解释编程元素是如何工作的

并强调每个操作符是如何工作的。像简单的'='操作符一样，总是先将右边的值计算为一个值。然后将该值放入名为num_1(变量名)的框中

这是非常非常有效的，因为他们能够非常快速地想象流动。

这个线程是非常有用的我作为一个初学者(>100行代码)程序员。

基于我所经历的，一旦我完成了“Hello World”，并移动到变量和“if/else”语句，我得到了太多的语法;不知道该拿他们怎么办。

因此，通过一个有趣的简单项目，我可能会重新燃起我的兴趣。这里有很多项目建议。

我能问个问题吗?

先学习像Autohotkey这样的脚本语言会更好吗?

编辑:[Justin Standard] 我认为学习一些基于宏的东西，比如Autohotkey，只会有最低限度的帮助。试着先学习一门“真正的”编程语言。最简单的入门(根据大多数人的说法)是python和ruby。我更喜欢python，但两者都很简单。 还有一个完整的stackoverflow帖子回答了从哪种语言开始的问题。