Principles of Programming: Basic Concepts is a book created as a first programming resource for students and homeschoolers wanting to learn the basic concepts and an introduction to programming. Principles of Programming will take you through the simplest of programs that take one line of text to write, all the way through complex logic and fun programs for students. 10 Principles of Programming: Basic Concepts is a book created as a first programming resource for students and homeschoolers wanting to learn the basic concepts and an introduction to programming. Principles of Programming will take you through the simplest of programs that take one line of text to write, all the way through complex logic and fun programs for students. 10 easy lessons each with key concepts important to programming 26 programs created as examples and to be written by the student as practice 16 optional advanced exercises mean for those that desire extra instruction and challenge download all the code to create each program   This book is intended for students and homeschool children ages 9-16 who have some basic mathematics understanding and independent study skills. It's a standalone curriculum or unit study on programming basics. Each lesson takes approximately 30-60 minutes to complete depending on skill level. It can be a boost for the student to have a parent or teacher read through the chapter with the child, even if the child does the work independently. Homeschoolers can benefit from this unit study as it is written to challenge young students use of technology. The basic concepts presented in the book center around using Small Basic as a programming language. Small Basic is a simplistic language great for learning entry level programming skills. The concepts in the book are central to programming the easiest of programs all the way through complex programming systems. Using Small Basic, combined with these basic programming concepts the beginner programmer can quickly learn to program computers and gain the basics of programming.