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Check out LEGO Mindstorms, it's basically LEGO with motors that you program. I think something physical attached to the (abstract) programs would be a great wa
by dsil 17y ago
Check out LEGO Mindstorms, it's basically LEGO with motors that you program. I think something physical attached to the (abstract) programs would be a great way to start.
It's recommended for ages 10+, but I'm sure a bright kid with an adult helping would love it.
- grinich 17y agoCheck out Not Quite C (NQC). It lets you write actual code to run on the Mindstorms platform. (This was my first experience coding.) http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nqc/ http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nqc/
- nazgulnarsil 17y agoagreed. NQC is better than the various forms of BASIC that I and many of my friends learned calculator and basic robotics programming on.
- Hexstream 17y agoWell, personally I always had a fascination with software but not (yet) with hardware. Mindstorms sounds a bit like hardware... so I don't think it would have necessarily worked for me. YMMV.