Hi all,

My 8 year old is asking if he can learn how to program.

I’d like to support this, and it seems like it’s not a transient interest as he’s been all over scratch, and using things like minecraft commands for the last year. I have an old (pre 2017) MacBook Air I can set up for this. How do I / what would you advise I set up for him, to a) keep him safe online (he’s 8!) and b) give him the tools he needs in a structured way.

  • Szwajcer@discuss.tchncs.de
    18·
    2 years ago

    Ah, haven’t thought about factorio. On that matter 7 Billion Humans is a cool game that can teach the basic logic behind programming.

    • prenatal_confusion
      5·
      2 years ago

      Seconding all of the above. Also tis 100 and exabots. All games by that developer actually.

      • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        I love Zachtronics, but I think their games are very ambitious for 8 years old. Maybe teenager with some discreet logic skills under the belt.

    • huginn@feddit.it
      1·
      2 years ago

      “send me your favorite base” is probably a better programming interview than most