What Language for a kid

Matt Minuti matt.minuti at gmail.com
Wed Dec 23 12:49:22 EST 2015


Also, did she do any hour of code stuff? That just happened recently, so
perhaps that served as inspiration and could help guide the quest. Or maybe
she just heard the rhetoric around it and thought it would be neat?
On Dec 23, 2015 11:25 AM, "Kenny Lussier" <klussier at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> My daughter has expressed an interest in learning to code. It's a
> non-specific, very general interest. She doesn't have a specific area of
> interest that she wants to learn (UI, game development, HPC, etc.), she
> just want to learn how to code.
>
> What do people think is the best language for a 12yr old to learn? What is
> most flexible to use for different purposes? What tools are out there to
> teach a kid to code? Code Academy and the like seem to be a little dry and
> never yielded wonderful results for most of the adults I know, so other
> ideas would be welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Kenny
>
>
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