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		How can I teach a bright person, with no programming experience, how to program? (programmers.stackexchange.com)
		3 points by myusuf3 on July 28, 2011 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

dfc on July 28, 2011 [–]

Have you seen this article from The Atlantic?

"How I Failed, Failed, and Finally Succeeded at Learning How to Code"

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/06/how-i-...

The author praises the use of Project Euler as a way to stay interested in the "instructional exercises" needed to learn a language.

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