I'm glad it worked out for you since you learned Java, but hearing stuff like this makes me sad. Scratch needs a "make me feel like an adult" visual setting whi

I'm glad it worked out for you since you learned Java, but hearing stuff like this makes me sad. Scratch needs a "make me feel like an adult" visual setting which darkens the colors or something. I was actually showing Scratch to an adult non-programmer friend last weekend. She was very impressed, saying that if she ever wanted to learn coding, she thought Scratch would be a great tool for her. Programming in Scratch is programming. The only real difference is that instead of typing instructions, Scratch users drag them out from a list of options. I think we would all agree that memorizing syntax isn't a major part of programming, but it's a major source of cognitive load for beginners. Scratch removes that barrier. My company sometimes describes Scratch as "learning to talk before learning to spell." I think that's a great analogy.