What book should a beginner programmer read?

Question

Books

I teach my nephew (17 years old) how to program. She doesn't know anything. I give you a python. I want to give a book on fundamental concepts (what is a processor, program, language, variable, compiler, etc.), in a simple accessible language, but not for children. Please advise. Thank you!

Answer 1

Will not read - show the use of PL in real life

Answer 2

Mark Lutz for the concept of syntax and basic operators. Maybe read Donald Knuth to him.

Answer 3

Programming for children of MIF publishing house. Try it. It's interesting even for novice adults :) Maybe the Scratch toy can be skipped, but as an introduction that can be mastered in a couple of days, it's not bad.

Answer 4

About the processor, programs, etc. - The Linux kernel, not the kernel itself, of course, but the book :) There may be several of them with the same name, choose to your taste with a more or less academic-journalistic style of text :) Lava for example :) More boring books Tanenbaum is sometimes very interesting at this age - it is also worth reading :) In general, a classic. There, if he doesn’t refuse, you can also offer Knut to read, and then just watch how he makes progress in life :)

Answer 5

Don't forget about algorithms.
A great introduction to algorithms is here: beust.com/algorithms.pdf
Cormen is great too, of course. But it is absolutely impossible to read it in a row.
Really common algorithms are also selected here. There are exercises. So you can combine - solve puzzles at the end of the chapters and study the PL.