Ask HN: Best talks on programming for beginners? Which are some of the best talks/seminars I can find on programming intended for beginners? I am supposed to conduct a seminar on programming in a university next week and I want to make sure I do my research well before speaking in front of the students. |
The presentation should be tuned to the audience. Graduate students in mechanical engineering begin from a different place than first year students in creative writing.
Even within a group of creative writing students, there will be variation in technical interest, knowledge, and ability. Is the presentation tuned to toward the left end or the right end of the distribution...I suggest the right end because people who don't care won't care.
Anyway, it would be helpful to have your list as a starting point and then people can help refine and augment it. I mean my first thoughts were shaped by beginning programmers. Which suggests that my individual experience is different from yours and the resources you use should fit your personality and experience.
Good luck.