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Gustavo is one of the best math and programming teachers out there imo. I am currently taking the Playstation course and it's so much fun.

by atan2 2y ago

adastra22 2y ago
My daughter (12) is interested in learning coding. I think making games might be a way to keep her interested. Do you think his courses would be too advanced for a teen?
- pjmlp 2y ago
  Alternatively, get her an emulator of an old 8 or 16 bit system, I started coding at the age of 10 in these systems, with books that were oriented for kids. https://www.atariarchives.org/ https://www.atariarchives.org/ http://redparsley.blogspot.com/2016/08/input-magazine-retrospective.html http://redparsley.blogspot.com/2016/08/input-magazine-retros... https://archive.org/details/input-hi-01 https://archive.org/details/input-hi-01 Or if you prefer something more up to date, https://arcade.makecode.com/ https://arcade.makecode.com/
- gustavopezzi 2y ago
  Hi. Author here! I'll try to be unbiased and say that if she's just starting out I'm afraid there are better beginner-oriented resources out there for teens. Frankly, what I do is very niche and it's not really utilitarian for those starting out. I have a son and I asked the same question on how to start learning. I have decided to start with PICO-8 and then evolve to something else. Fingers crossed. :)
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  I haven't taken it, but looking at the curriculum [0], the concepts covered are easily college level. This is very low level programming. [0]: https://pikuma.com/courses/ps1-programming-mips-assembly-language https://pikuma.com/courses/ps1-programming-mips-assembly-lan... If it was a few years later, I wouldn't be surprised if there were some courses for the recent Unreal Editor for Fornite that could ease a new programmer in as an interactive way to script, while learning a relevant industry tool (then again, it may also go the route of Roblox, so who knows?). Honestly, I'd defer to either mods or games with level editors as a way to help gauge how much a child would potentially enjoy programming. Then they could try sme visual scripting like Scratch to try and make something outside of that environment.
- moomin 2y ago
  My kid did a Minecraft coding group. It started with a mod that had a rollercoaster on it. They taught you how to to modify it in exercises. My kid tapped out pretty fast, I came to the conclusion they liked Minecraft, but the experience of coding it was a whole other matter. Ironically, when I was a kid I used to read the code of computer games out of curiosity and that's exactly what got me into programming.

Gustavo is one of the best math and programming teachers out there imo. I am currently taking the Playstation course and it's so much fun.

by atan2 2y ago

Gustavo is one of the best math and programming teachers out there imo. I am currently taking the Playstation course and it's so much fun.

adastra22 2y ago

My daughter (12) is interested in learning coding. I think making games might be a way to keep her interested. Do you think his courses would be too advanced for a teen?

pjmlp 2y ago
Alternatively, get her an emulator of an old 8 or 16 bit system, I started coding at the age of 10 in these systems, with books that were oriented for kids. https://www.atariarchives.org/ https://www.atariarchives.org/ http://redparsley.blogspot.com/2016/08/input-magazine-retrospective.html http://redparsley.blogspot.com/2016/08/input-magazine-retros... https://archive.org/details/input-hi-01 https://archive.org/details/input-hi-01 Or if you prefer something more up to date, https://arcade.makecode.com/ https://arcade.makecode.com/
gustavopezzi 2y ago
Hi. Author here! I'll try to be unbiased and say that if she's just starting out I'm afraid there are better beginner-oriented resources out there for teens. Frankly, what I do is very niche and it's not really utilitarian for those starting out. I have a son and I asked the same question on how to start learning. I have decided to start with PICO-8 and then evolve to something else. Fingers crossed. :)
johnnyanmac 2y ago
I haven't taken it, but looking at the curriculum [0], the concepts covered are easily college level. This is very low level programming. [0]: https://pikuma.com/courses/ps1-programming-mips-assembly-language https://pikuma.com/courses/ps1-programming-mips-assembly-lan... If it was a few years later, I wouldn't be surprised if there were some courses for the recent Unreal Editor for Fornite that could ease a new programmer in as an interactive way to script, while learning a relevant industry tool (then again, it may also go the route of Roblox, so who knows?). Honestly, I'd defer to either mods or games with level editors as a way to help gauge how much a child would potentially enjoy programming. Then they could try sme visual scripting like Scratch to try and make something outside of that environment.
moomin 2y ago
My kid did a Minecraft coding group. It started with a mod that had a rollercoaster on it. They taught you how to to modify it in exercises. My kid tapped out pretty fast, I came to the conclusion they liked Minecraft, but the experience of coding it was a whole other matter. Ironically, when I was a kid I used to read the code of computer games out of curiosity and that's exactly what got me into programming.