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As a next step, I'd suggest GoboScript, that was on HN a few days back. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44026799
This is Scratch with a textual interface, with a few lovely and much needed extras.
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> And how permanently stunted is a person who always "collaborated" and never had to think. How permanently stunted are today's programmers which have always collaborated with a compiler or interpreter, and never once written or even looked at assembly?
> How permanently stunted are today's programmers which have always collaborated with a compiler or interpreter, and never once written or even looked at assembly? Not fatally, but the answer to that is not zero
Did people who would become programmers become worse programmers?
Or did programming just become more accessible, drawing more mediocre talent and dragging down the average skill level?
In other words, be a parent, not a friend or, even worse, a colleague.
* https://openjam.ai/stupid_coral_852/8s0opc6yc5
* https://openjam.ai/stupid_coral_852/y2hj69iqvo
It gave them the experience of using a computer to create more complex things they wanted to create. They also got to experience the fun of iterating on something while playing with it. It kinda felt very natural for them
As long as they keep enjoying using these tools I believe they'll keep wanting to learn more
There was zero emphasis on CS fundamentals - they went out and explored those themselves.
I have a 6 year old daughter—got her a lego boost robot kit recently and she seems to be taking to the programming aspect. It’s cool to watch her experimenting. It has a nice graphical block based programming environment that is pretty intuitive for her with an ipad. Makes programming concepts very concrete/tangible. It’s fun for me too since learning to program robots has always been on my bucket list. Chatgpt helps…
showed my son how to write batch files, noticed he was getting interested so i showed him how powershell works. he got even more interested so I have ever since bought a family premium lic for youtube and let him teach himself. he's teaching himself c, c#, openGL, c++ etc etc. kids these days learn at their own rate via youtube in my experiance.
I setup an old Kano OS on Raspberry Pi 3 for my 8 yo boy. He managed to finish challenges upto Level 8 by himself mostly. The OS has block based programming challenges and games. The Pi PC is his and he is hacking it whenever he feels like. No pressure, not forcing him to learn coding or anything. I'm curious how it will unfold in later years.