yesterday i showed my 12 year old kid (who, to my disappointment is more interested in sport, hip hop dance lessons, music (tuba) and girls then in code) http:/

yesterday i showed my 12 year old kid (who, to my disappointment is more interested in sport, hip hop dance lessons, music (tuba) and girls then in code) http://processing.org/ http://processing.org/ - together we managed to write a drawing program with a game component in about 2 hours (he typed....) even though the language is in no way perfect or even pretty he finally "got" it. so before starting with a small project, try to implement a one person tron / snake game in processing - it helps you to start "codethink". after that i would recommend reading a shitload of books. if you are into mobile apps, try http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9780596805784/ http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9780596805784/ it's basically a tutorial for making a simple web app in HTML, css, js with no prior knowledge required.