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>>> sit down with our kids and teach them how to build Pong with Pygame Yeah, I absolutely agree with this. We underestimate a childs ability to compute. But a
by indescions_2018 9y ago
>>> sit down with our kids and teach them how to build Pong with Pygame
Yeah, I absolutely agree with this. We underestimate a childs ability to compute. But are surprised to discover they are native to these interfaces. And can readily grok a VSCode write, build, and debug iteration loop.
I don't think 10 is too young to get them started with Gimp, Inkscape and Blender either. Especially if you have a digital pen and tablet interface for painting.
Although, I believe there is something to be said for visual programming. Modern takes on the old Logo and Turtle graphics paradigms.
Seymour: Live Programming for the Classroom
https://harc.github.io/seymour-live2017/ https://harc.github.io/seymour-live2017/
- tomc1985 9y agoMusic and audio production make extensive use of visual programming interfaces that produce production-quality output. Just look at the workflow for something like FLStudio or Processing. I personally started down this road around age 10. Also, old visual IDEs had a nice, quick programming loop. VB, back in the day, maybe check out Lazarus now.