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		sumedh on Dec 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a... What do kids learn these days as their first programming language?

veesahni on Dec 5, 2024 | [–]

Usually starts with "Scratch" at a very young age. It's block based drag n drop programming.

Here's the path my son followed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42313045

wbpayne on Dec 5, 2024 | [–]

I'm not really sure since I was a kid so long ago, but perhaps Python or VB.net or Javascript like OP's son.

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