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A lot of people in this thread keep wondering about the choice of Basic and end up suggesting other programming languages. Let me ask you though, what's the si

by fouc 7y ago

A lot of people in this thread keep wondering about the choice of Basic and end up suggesting other programming languages. Let me ask you though, what's the simplest plainest programming language for a preteen that won't have any patience for dealing with syntax?

perilunar 7y ago
Logo or Scratch.
soonix 7y ago
While I'm not a fan of "visual programming languages", I think Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu/ https://scratch.mit.edu/) and ScratchJr (http://scratchjr.org/ http://scratchjr.org/) are good. ScratchJr is made for the younger ones, "no reading required" (but knowing the digits/numbers is helpful)
tlarkworthy 7y ago
Yeah I have a couple of suggestions that come before that https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22914598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22914598
jl2718 7y ago
Hammer and nails. Paintbrushes. Clay. This thread changed my perspective on teaching my kids to code. I won’t.