What's the best way to teach my kid programming. I don't know how. He's interested. He's done well in school with Scratch. He's expressed interest in Python, owns a Thumby, but never gets too far on his own. Instead of a Winter sport, we're leaning towards a Python class, however there's none in person. How can i help my kid embrace his passion and learn this skill which will help him his whole life.

He's got Mu installed and has perused youtube tutorials, but they dont hold his interest. Any help is appreciated. Edit: He's 10.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Do you know if sites like that can be run from Github, through a Github site?

My seven year old wants to learn how to 'make things' on the computer, so if they're going to go down the programming route, I'd like to do it properly :)

[–] orrefailaT 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Github Pages would be a great way to get something like that up and running on the web! If your kid is wanting to just play around without diving into git or deployment, creating a text file ending in .html and opening it with a browser is probably the easiest way to get started.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Thanks for replying :)

I should have clarified, sorry. I've got some Github sites running, but just using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I know they run on a Github page, but I also know that some backend stuff doesn't. I was wondering if Python scripts for the games that Lung described could run on one too.

I've been tinkering with HTML and CSS for a few years, but it's only fairly recently that I've started doing it properly, and added JavaScript. Python may as well be a foreign language for now, so I can't even try something simple to see what works. I've got a book to learn from but I haven't had a chance to go through it yet :)

[–] orrefailaT 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the clarification! Yeah I think you’re right that running python on a github page isn’t possible (at least not straightorward). Replit might be closer to what you’re looking for in that regard. I love it because it handles setting up your programming environment for you and lets you dive right into what you actually want to do (write and run code). Sharing the link to your project lets anyone open it up and run it in their browser!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'll have a look into it, thanks :)

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