Good idea, but after browsing through the pages on preview on amazon, I am not sure my sister who is high school will understand most of this. There is a lot acronyms all of the place, and while there are illustrations, I have yet to see illustrations of the concepts. For example there is a page on YAML and comparing it to XML, pages like this and others seem to be just have short explanations of what they are but not sure a child would be able to take away anything from it. Maybe I am being too critical but as someone who has tried to encourage programming to a younger sister - Not sure this particular book would make an impact.
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Good idea, but after browsing through the pages on preview on amazon, I am not sure my sister who is high school will understand most of this. There is a lot acronyms all of the place, and while there are illustrations, I have yet to see illustrations of the concepts. For example there is a page on YAML and comparing it to XML, pages like this and others seem to be just have short explanations of what they are but not sure a child would be able to take away anything from it. Maybe I am being too critical but as someone who has tried to encourage programming to a younger sister - Not sure this particular book would make an impact.