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Re:Show HN: Flyde – an open-source visual programming language by blowski on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:16AM (#39629322)
I teach a code club to 8-10 year olds. They understand functions, and that the main script can call functions, and that functions can call other functions. Conceptually, they struggle with a function being assigned to a variable, passed in as an argument, or being returned from a function.

So far, demonstrating to them what's going on here and why this is useful has eluded me.

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Re:Show HN: Flyde – an open-source visual programming language by gabigrin on Thursday March 07, 2024 @12:38PM (#39631919)
Author here. It's a valid point, I think once they start entering into Discord and want to build a Discord bot, Flyde might come in handy as an educational tool.
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Re:Show HN: Flyde – an open-source visual programming language by brabel on Thursday March 07, 2024 @01:24PM (#39632665)
> they struggle with a function being assigned to a variable, passed in as an argument, or being returned from a function.

I've seen professional programmers struggle with that.

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