你可以试试爱丽丝。这是一个为编程入门课程设计的3D程序。

对于新程序员来说，最大的两个障碍通常是:

语法错误 动机(写一些有意义和有趣的东西而不是做作的)

Alice使用拖放界面来构造程序，避免了语法错误的可能性。Alice允许你构建3D世界，让你的代码控制(简单的)3D角色和动画，这通常比实现链表有趣得多。

有经验的程序员可能会把Alice当作玩具，嘲笑拖放代码行，但研究表明这种方法是有效的。

免责声明:我为Alice工作过。

这可能看起来很奇怪，但我在以前的工作中通过自动化任务和数据分析开始编写代码。这是通过记录和研究Excel宏生成的代码来完成的。当然，这种方法假设您可以通过VB学习。

Robert Read写了一个很有用的指南，如何成为一个程序员，它涵盖了广泛的编程问题，初学者会发现很有帮助。

There is a book called Code. I can't remember who wrote it, but it goes through the basics of a lot of stuff that we (programmers) know and take for granted that people we talk to know also. Everything from how do you count binary to how processors work. It doesn't have anything dealing with programming languages in it (well from what I remember), but it is a pretty good primer. I will admit that I am also of the school that believes you have to know how the computer works to be able to effectively program things for it.

问问你的兄弟，他是否想为他做一些你认为他会感兴趣的程序或发明一个项目。

他可以知道输出应该是什么，并向他指出与项目相关的材料(在线或印刷)。如果他刚开始接触python或编程，你要有耐心，因为他在理解语法、错误、范围等基础知识的过程中，要准备好让位，让他自己跑，让他自己犯错误，当你开始看到他的头脑中出现了电灯泡。

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.