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Re:Show HN: Functional Programming for Kids: Interactive Tut... by startupdiscuss on Monday August 01, 2016 @10:38AM (#12202680)
Have you used this on actual kids? I feel you would learn very quickly from them.

As an adult, I can only speak for myself, and although this is nice, I think it is comparable to the functional programming programs for adults out there (for instance, Microsoft's online F# tutorial, or Coursera's Scala tutorial). The pictures and things aren't making it easier for me. I don't know if it will be different for kids.

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Re:Show HN: Functional Programming for Kids: Interactive Tut... by viebel on Monday August 01, 2016 @02:36PM (#12204781)
I have went over this tutorial with my kids (12 and 13 years old) and they enjoyed it a lot.
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Re:Show HN: Functional Programming for Kids: Interactive Tut... by startupdiscuss on Monday August 01, 2016 @03:01PM (#12204989)
That's great.

Did you try the regular "adult" tutorials with them? It would be interesting to see if they liked this more, or found one of them interesting.

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