Khan Academy has some great CS tutorials, but they also have a feed of popular programs created by users. (They have an editor that lets you write and view JS s

Khan Academy has some great CS tutorials, but they also have a feed of popular programs created by users. (They have an editor that lets you write and view JS side-by-side.) I learned programming by looking at the code of programs in that feed and by making my own projects to be voted on by others. For a couple of years that was my social media, talking to other users on there, tracking what types of programs got votes, trying to circumvent Khan Academy’s security restrictions, etc. I ended up making one of the most popular programs on the website, before I started moving on to more “real world” coding. KA’s hot list is still live and there are definitely gen Z (and below) on there making programs. I would be happy to share more if you’re interested.