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My children did not like scratch (it is taught at school in France). They had much less problems to understand Python which seems more natural in the interactio
by BrandoElFollito 4y ago
My children did not like scratch (it is taught at school in France). They had much less problems to understand Python which seems more natural in the interactions (displaying things, especially).
They are unfortunately not interested in programming but when they have to do something at school they catch up with Python quickly. With scratch not that much.
- tartoran 4y agoPython is a bit more advanced in the sense that it’s a more general purpose and you have to know how to type on the keyboard well enough. I started with basic and logo back in the 80s but if scratch were a thing back then I’d have probably benefitted from it quite a bit. I see scratch as a first ramp into programming for tots and am glad it exists but also hope it won’t become a thing to handicap adoption of other programming languages
- BrandoElFollito 4y agoI did not mention that my children were early teenagers when they had scratch at school. I also started with BASIC in the 80's and scratch would probably have helped with some general concepts, especially loops and variables. But in my experience (of two data points :)) it is quickly left on the side for more effective languages (more effective because they can be typed and easily moved around, copied etc.). Vscode hints also help a lot.