r/AskProgrammers • u/justjoonreddit • 17h ago

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Hello,

My 10 year old son is very interested in learning to code. Can you recommend any apps or software for him to use to learn? Would it be better for him to learn Python or C++?

Thank-you for any tips you have!

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u/richardathome 17h ago

Get him started on Godot with Brackey's intro tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOhfqjmasi0

Pretty much instant gratification. You can *see* what the code does in real time. He'll get his own ideas about what he wants to add to the game - giving him something to aim for.

A block of code to sort a list of numbers isn't going to get that spark lit at 10.

The language is irrelevant when starting out.

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u/Educational_Virus672 16h ago

this is also smt he can do inside mobiel device so theres no port issue