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by Terry_B 5394 days ago
Something I've found in getting people started in this direction is that they don't know what words to use when googling for their problem.

You can give them a huge leg up by giving them a programming vocabulary to help them on their way.

There's that famous saying about once you have a name for something the problem is pretty much solved...

You can also help them heaps by telling them what's important and what is not important. Most books on programming languages etc start with a whole bunch of stuff they should probably put into the basket of "computer trivia I don't need to know yet"...