My friend is seeking online courses or resources for his 12-year-old child to learn programming skills.
Ask HN: Resources for kids/teens to learn programming
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Re: Ask HN: Resources for kids/teens to learn programming
#2I learned programming through a mixture of Scratch and code.org. Once I "graduated" from those websites, I learned my first professional programming language using W3Schools.
I wouldn't recommend signing up for W3Schools, but the free content is a good enough primer for beginners. (Some of the examples are not idiomatic, though.)
I hope that helps :)
Re: Ask HN: Resources for kids/teens to learn programming
#3I learned programming through a mixture of Scratch and code.org. Once I "graduated" from those websites, I learned my first professional programming language using W3Schools. I wouldn't recommend signing up for W3Schools, but the free content is a good enough primer for beginners. (Some of the examples are not idiomatic, though.) I hope that helps :)
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Re: Ask HN: Resources for kids/teens to learn programming
#4Game mods! Modding is how your humble commenter got his start 15 years ago, with http://sthurlow.com/python/ and a copy of Civ IV that could use some tweaks.
Re: Ask HN: Resources for kids/teens to learn programming
#5Al Sweigarts books also a good option too and available online for free