User:Whiteknight/Programming for Kids

This book is going to be an introduction to computer programming with a focus on Perl (possibly Perl 6).

The Plan

 * Target Audience: Wikijunior kids, who are familiar with computers, but not with programming.
 * Scope: Will cover a basic introduction to computer programming, variables, loops, "Hello world", whatever
 * Prerequisites: None
 * Corequisites: None

Table of Contents

 * Note for Parents and Teachers
 * Introduction

About Computers

 * Parts of Computers
 * Input and Output Devices
 * Memory and Storage
 * What is Programming?
 * Programming Languages
 * The Console

Perl

 * What is Perl?
 * How to get Perl
 * Basic Examples

Basic Printing

 * Printing
 * Strings and words
 * The Carriage Return

Loops

 * Basic Counting