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Advice needed, son wants to learn how to program (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/programming@programming.dev
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Hi all,

My 8 year old is asking if he can learn how to program.

I’d like to support this, and it seems like it’s not a transient interest as he’s been all over scratch, and using things like minecraft commands for the last year. I have an old (pre 2017) MacBook Air I can set up for this. How do I / what would you advise I set up for him, to a) keep him safe online (he’s 8!) and b) give him the tools he needs in a structured way.

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[–] 6 points 2 years ago*

I'm not sure if it's good for your case, but I learned programming in Garry's Mod - specifically the Expression 2 chip from the Wiremod addon. It uses C-like code either running on I/O triggers or in an infinite loop, and can interact with Wiremod's other components or the game world itself.

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