I read once that when it comes to natural languages, children learn the grammatical rules of a given language in essentially the same order. The author of the b

I read once that when it comes to natural languages, children learn the grammatical rules of a given language in essentially the same order. The author of the book was arguing that the brain is most receptive to learning if you follow this sequence, and it is difficult to absorb a concept introduced out of sequence. So I don’t know if anyone has studied this with programming but I suppose every course and book that chooses the order of topics becomes an experiment in how well the brain absorbs concepts in that order. Find the highest rated programming material of any language and take note of its table of contents. Personally, when I got started I learned by modifying existing programs, mostly games. I started fiddling with constant values (say, gravity). Then finding calculations and tweaking them (odds of a reward for defeating an enemy). It’s a lot more fun than starting from “Hello world”; I’ve always wanted an assignment series based on hacking on an open source RPG.