IMO I don't think he should start with any language or technology or anything like that. He should start with the basics of OOAD, learn about compilers (what they do, how it turns high level code into machine code), learn about the stack and how the various levels interact with each other,learn binary (what is a bit, what is a byte, what is an unsigned bit, how does a computer perform subtractions etc.) once a kid has a good understanding of the basics, learning to program will be the next logical step. There are enough code cowboys out there, save the world, teach a kid the basics first! :D

Hi, I'm going to try my best to explain my issue here: I have a business object called "Task" that consists of TaskName, TaskStart and TaskEnd. In my UI I have a form that allows a user to enter the above values and a "NewTaskBtn" button to create the Task obj. Tasks are created at runtime, so each time the "NewTaskBtn" is clicked a couple of things happen 1. a Task Obj is created in the "NewTaskBtn" event handler, using the info supplied above. 2. the Task Obj is also added to a List<Task> 3. At the same time an Expander item is created, with a header consisting of a concatenated string of TaskName + TaskStart + TaskEnd, and a combobox displaying the names of all the tasks in the List<Task> 4. the Expander item is then added to a StackPanel called "TaskSP" So, at this stage I can create tasks, and have the tasks display in my stackpanel as expanders, containing task info and combobox in the header. right? Now here is where I hit a brick wall. What I would like to achieve next is, 1. a user should be able to create a couple of tasks, and have the stackpanel fill with epanders containing the task info and comboboxes in the expander headers(this works OK) 2. then the user should be able to select a task in the stackpanel, and using the combobox in the expander header, select another task to add this task to (as a dependancy task, if you catch my drift. in other words adding task a to task b imply's that task a has to be completed before task b can be started) I would like to use the combobox (in the header of my expander items) selection changed event to do the following: get the name of the selected task from the combobox, and compare it with the header of the expander items in the stackpanel, and find the matching expander item in the TaskSP. So some sort of linq query that would include a where clause??? this is where I'm completely lost. If I can just get help achieving this, I will be most happy :D

Hi, If your laptop is not performing as it should, and you cannot find any obvious issues with it, may I suggest that you check out your power supply. I had a laptop that was running very sluggish, turned out that the power supply was faulty, and was delivering power at a slightly lower voltage, causing slower processing times. It's worth a try.