New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How do you teach 9-year old to code?
Ask HN: How do you teach 9-year old to code?
8 by indepnd | 11 comments on Hacker News.
Yesterday my son (will be 9-year old in a couple of months) asked if I can teach him to code. Although I am a software engineer, I never thought about that. My question is: If I do, what language should I teach my son at first? Currently I'm mostly familiar with Rust, and a little Python. I used to write C for 10 years and Java for 3 years. I also use Objective-C. I think, as common sense, I should use the language I am mostly familiar with (Rust), but I doubt that's a good idea for 9-year old.
8 by indepnd | 11 comments on Hacker News.
Yesterday my son (will be 9-year old in a couple of months) asked if I can teach him to code. Although I am a software engineer, I never thought about that. My question is: If I do, what language should I teach my son at first? Currently I'm mostly familiar with Rust, and a little Python. I used to write C for 10 years and Java for 3 years. I also use Objective-C. I think, as common sense, I should use the language I am mostly familiar with (Rust), but I doubt that's a good idea for 9-year old.
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