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there's nothing out there like BASIC anymore (except maybe lua or moonscript/python) also why would a child want to code a website, I learned BASIC because i w

there's nothing out there like BASIC anymore (except maybe lua or moonscript/python) also why would a child want to code a website, I learned BASIC because i wanted to make games.

whywhywhywhy 8y ago
> why would a child want to code a website Noticed this a lot when engineers try to teach their children coding, far too much time spent trying to teach what they view as the correct way to do things or correct thing to learn. e.g seen several articles that opened on trying to teach them to set up git and a command line environment. I think there is more value in trying to teach them to make something that is more understandable to their world and allows for creativity and therefore a self-learning reinforcement loop to begin. This is why more interactive things like games work so well for this. It's a huge achievement that an 11 year old could complete the courses detailed in the article, but I'm interested if they can go on to take those learnings and initiate their own project. Which is something you definitely see from kids who learnt to code through the likes of Flash or game engines.
WorldMaker 8y ago
When I was a kid websites were cool and new and weird. It was a brief escape from the walled gardens of AOL/CompuServe, where you could write whatever you wanted and make it look as crazy as you wanted it to be full of animated gifs and memes. You'd write websites about the games you were trying to make and the "reviews" of rollercoasters you wanted to visit that summer. You'd find free hosts like GeoCities or Angelfire and send links to your dozen friends. Sure, a kid today could just post all that to Facebook or Instagram, but there's likely to still be some of that rebellious creative spirit to break free from the walled gardens and do your own thing?

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there's nothing out there like BASIC anymore (except maybe lua or moonscript/python) also why would a child want to code a website, I learned BASIC because i w

by jlebrech 8y ago

there's nothing out there like BASIC anymore (except maybe lua or moonscript/python) also why would a child want to code a website, I learned BASIC because i wanted to make games.

whywhywhywhy 8y ago
> why would a child want to code a website Noticed this a lot when engineers try to teach their children coding, far too much time spent trying to teach what they view as the correct way to do things or correct thing to learn. e.g seen several articles that opened on trying to teach them to set up git and a command line environment. I think there is more value in trying to teach them to make something that is more understandable to their world and allows for creativity and therefore a self-learning reinforcement loop to begin. This is why more interactive things like games work so well for this. It's a huge achievement that an 11 year old could complete the courses detailed in the article, but I'm interested if they can go on to take those learnings and initiate their own project. Which is something you definitely see from kids who learnt to code through the likes of Flash or game engines.
WorldMaker 8y ago
When I was a kid websites were cool and new and weird. It was a brief escape from the walled gardens of AOL/CompuServe, where you could write whatever you wanted and make it look as crazy as you wanted it to be full of animated gifs and memes. You'd write websites about the games you were trying to make and the "reviews" of rollercoasters you wanted to visit that summer. You'd find free hosts like GeoCities or Angelfire and send links to your dozen friends. Sure, a kid today could just post all that to Facebook or Instagram, but there's likely to still be some of that rebellious creative spirit to break free from the walled gardens and do your own thing?