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You're right, Java is not hard. But I'd wager you paid for that summer camp. We teach a free class to random kids every week. Because it's free, random kids wit
by VonGuard 13y ago
You're right, Java is not hard. But I'd wager you paid for that summer camp. We teach a free class to random kids every week. Because it's free, random kids with NO PRIOR COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE show up. This is quite different from a kid who grew up in a house with a computer, an iPad, and a dad who's a programmer. We deal with kids who've never touched a computer before, and only understand phones.
When those kinds of kids want to make Minecraft mods, we start them at the beginning, with Scratch.
- tptacek 13y agoI'm sorry if I came off as saying Scratch was a bad idea. My kids got started, when they were much younger, on Scratch. A good place I think to go here would be a CraftBukkit "framework", something that would make a series of simple plugins easier to write for people with minimal programming ability. That's how the Java camp was taught: with a game framework that required a few specific pieces of programming to fill in some blanks to make a predetermined game (a brick-breaker, IIRC) work.
- VonGuard 13y agoWanna come teach said class? We always need new teachers and volunteers. Your son could TA.