Teach Your Kids to Code: A Parent-Friendly Guide to Python Programming - Softcover

Payne, Bryson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593276141 ISBN 13: 9781593276140

Publisher: No Starch Press, 2015

Synopsis

Over 50,000 copies sold! "Teach Your Kids to Code invigorated my own efforts to teach kids how to code. It made my day!" - Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple  "The text is clear, the graphics are engaging, and the apps are awesome. This is the programming guide for parents and kids to enjoy together." - Aaron Walker, Cybersecurity expert, NASA  "Dr. Payne set us on a path that led us to our dream jobs! With Teach Your Kids to Code, he's providing parents and teachers everywhere the chance to do the same for the next generation of creative problem-solvers." - Shah and Susan Rahman, Blizzard Entertainment   What if your kids could learn essential coding skills from one of the top programming and cyber-security experts in the world? Teach Your Kids to Code is the bestselling book for teaching kids basic computer programming and problem-solving skills. Dr. Bryson Payne is the Director of Cyber Education at the University of North Georgia and author of Learn Java the Easy Way.  With Dr. Payne as your guide, you will enjoy hearing your child say: ·       Mommy! Daddy! Look what I did!·       Try this game I built!·       Wow! I didn't know it was so easy! I can do this! Parents and teachers can help a beginning programmer learn how to create:·       Visually inspiring graphics·       Fun, game-oriented examples that hold their attention·       Build variables, loops, and functions ·       Draw colorful shapes with Turtle graphics·       Code and decode messages·       Play Rock-Paper-Scissors, War, Yahtzee, and Pong·       Create animation and sound to their apps Teach Your Kids to Code is the perfect companion to any programming class, after-school coding club, or homeschool curriculum. Get a copy and spend fun, productive time at the computer with your kids - learning how to code together!

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From the Author

Short, colorful apps and games will have your student programming in Python right away, for PC, Mac and Linux!

This is the kind of book you can enjoy with your kids!

• Code your own apps and games in Python for Mac, PC, or Linux, from pre-K to college level
• Draw colorful spirals and shapes with Turtle graphics in Python, and more advanced apps using Pygame
• Create fun, playable games like War, Yahtzee, Rock-Paper-Scissors, and Pong
• Build interactive apps that respond to user input and mouse clicks
• Master variables, loops and functions to prepare for more advanced programming or a better career.

Give Your Kids a Huge Advantage in a High-Tech World
Packed with fun examples, colorful graphics, and easy-to-follow plain English instruction, Teach Your Kids to Code is the book parents and kids, teachers and students can enjoy together, as they build one of the top job skills of the 21st century! Python is a great first language for beginners, but it's powerful enough to be used in companies from Google to Amazon.
I designed this book to be easily understood by absolute beginners, with example code I used with my own pre-schoolers all the way through the apps I teach to college freshmen. Whether you're an IT professional, or have no programming experience at all, you and your student can learn to code in Python.
Quick, five- to ten-line examples will get you coding your own apps from scratch in minutes. Over 80 sample programs will give you the practice you need to master the powerful new skill of coding in Python.

About the Author

Bryson Payne has a Ph.D. in computer science and is a leading cybersecurity expert. He is the Director of the Center for Cyber Operations Education at UNG, the Director of the National Cyber Warrior Academy (an NSA-funded GenCyber summer camp), an NSA CAE Peer Reviewer, an FBI InfraGard member, and a TEDx speaker on "How to Teach Kids to Code". His certifications include: SANS/GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN) - only 7,808 certified worldwide, BlackHat Adversary Tactics: Red Team Operations (AT:RTO), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®), and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH). His first book, Teach Your Kids to Code, has sold over 50,000 copies, is published in six languages and his online courses, "Teach Your Kids to Code", "Learn Java the Easy Way", and "Real World Ethical Hacking" on Udemy have over 30,000 students enrolled. Bryson speaks English, Spanish, French, Russian and Mandarin Chinese. He resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife and two sons.

Edition details

• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1593276141
• ISBN 13: 9781593276140
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336