Learning to program your Mac is a great idea, and there are plenty of great (and mostly free) resources out there to help you learn coding. Codecademy is one of the most popular places for beginner ...

How do I learn the C programming language on my Apple Mac? The C programming language has been around since the 1970s, but it has never gone out of style, and learning C is one of the best computer ...

For the target audience, you probably can't go wrong with Bob LeVitus' Mac OS X Panther For Dummies book. It's current and I saw a favorable review on TidBITS or one of those sites not log ago.