Re:Ask HN: Best coding sites for teens/pre-teens?
by altairiumblue on Sunday January 06, 2019 @01:30PM
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I think there is a difference between:
- how can they quickly get to a point where they can build something real and keep their attention on it?
and
- what are the skills that if they develop at an early age will have the biggest impact on their long term career and ability as a developer?
The answer to the second question is algorithms in a low level language (C/C++), which admittedly can be boring unless one has an inclination for that kind of thing.
Re:Ask HN: Best coding sites for teens/pre-teens?
by dankohn1 on Sunday January 06, 2019 @02:02PM
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I would be thrilled if he decided to go through Knuth a chapter at a time, re-implementing every algorithm. But starting with git to edit some HTML seems more likely.
- how can they quickly get to a point where they can build something real and keep their attention on it?
and
- what are the skills that if they develop at an early age will have the biggest impact on their long term career and ability as a developer?
The answer to the second question is algorithms in a low level language (C/C++), which admittedly can be boring unless one has an inclination for that kind of thing.