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0 pointstartoran3y ago0 comments

Python is a bit more advanced in the sense that it’s a more general purpose and you have to know how to type on the keyboard well enough. I started with basic and logo back in the 80s but if scratch were a thing back then I’d have probably benefitted from it quite a bit. I see scratch as a first ramp into programming for tots and am glad it exists but also hope it won’t become a thing to handicap adoption of other programming languages

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BrandoElFollito3y ago

I did not mention that my children were early teenagers when they had scratch at school.

I also started with BASIC in the 80's and scratch would probably have helped with some general concepts, especially loops and variables. But in my experience (of two data points :)) it is quickly left on the side for more effective languages (more effective because they can be typed and easily moved around, copied etc.). Vscode hints also help a lot.

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