[0xBE5A]

Coming from someone who never did any coding (beyond assignments in class) during college and learned it within a month after starting my first real job, you'll have to take on the role of mentor for them. One of the things holding me back from learning programming earlier was having no real "entry point", it's easy to get the basics (syntax etc) down but when it comes to actually applying them, I've found it incredibly helpful to have someone I could ask my "stupid" questions. Teaching yourself new things is a skill that comes with time (imo) but when you don't even know what you're looking for, it can be very hard to find that info yourself - so having someone looking over your shoulder who knows things like "oh there's already a built-in function for that" etc is invaluable. You should also get acquainted with the XY problem: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-x...

And I second the daily standup suggestion, if only to keep the ball rolling & so everyone keeps track of their progress.

[NicoJuicy]

Nobody is barred from learning online, they can request a meeting to discuss coding. As long as they plan the questions in advance and don't interrupt every 5 minutes for a new question.

But programming involves so many questions if you are staying. It would be best to let them learn documentation and let them read open source code.

If you want to spend 24/7 on teaching coding, you should have a different profession :)