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This book is going to be an introduction to computer programming with a focus on Perl (possibly Perl 6).

The Plan

Target Audience

Wikijunior kids, who are familiar with computers, but not with programming.

Scope

Will cover a basic introduction to computer programming, variables, loops, "Hello world", whatever

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

Table of Contents

• Note for Parents and Teachers
• Introduction

About Computers

• Parts of Computers
• Input and Output Devices
• Memory and Storage
• What is Programming?
• Programming Languages
• The Console

Perl

• What is Perl?
• How to get Perl
• Basic Examples

Basic Printing

• Printing
• Strings and words
• The Carriage Return

Loops

• Basic Counting