It's the weekend! What are your plans?

I'll write code. And maybe watch the 325+ theories of consciousness documented by RLK www.youtube.com/watch

PS: finishing the 3 hour discussion of the 9 classes in which the 325+ theories of consciousness are grouped in (based off the paper A Landscape of Consciousness) It was awesome.

What code do you write? Also, out of curiosity, how long have you been doing this? My son LOVES coding and I think he would like to advance his knowledge in this but I am not sure how to support this. I have looked at a coding club.

Loz said:

What code do you write?

Computer code most commonly Python, Javascript and Rust.

Loz said:

how long have you been doing this?

Around 10 years.

Loz said:

My son LOVES coding and I think he would like to advance his knowledge in this but I am not sure how to support this.

I can give you some ideas, feel free to ignore my block of text below! On the opposite side of the spectrum, if you have more questions, I am happy to help if I can do it.

The TL;DR is that your "I have looked at a coding club." is likely the best starting point because kids make friends and can "do and show" what they learn, which is nice.

I give some more alternatives below. The programming languages' names in bold font, and the common areas in italic:

1. Free courses of FreeCodeCamp, a website with beginner-like exercises and projects. For example:
   
   1. Web Design / Web Development where they teach HTML and CSS and Javascript. (CSS and HTML aren't exactly programming, but close enough. )Here is a link to the Web Design Course, but you may need to register. They say the full curriculum is under development but what they have is already very good.
   2. Python courses to learn this quite cool and general purpose language (Python).
   3. They also have a Forum where your child can ask questions when stuck (exercises in the website also have a "Get Hint" button built to help you advance in the course.) The forum is kind of like this one we are at right now.
2. I don't think FreeCodeCamp has much of game development or phone applications development. Games can be quite neat for young kids but I've no advice about it since I never liked games!
3. Scratch is a programming language for kids. It is also a website, and you can share what you create with others, and from what I read the moderators keep it safe (same for FreeCodeCamp.) I believe this is the website.
4. Another possibility is to get into robotics, but to me this requires more support to set up environments in the computer, and it is more expensive as well.

Loz said:

What code do you write?

Computer code most commonly Python, Javascript and Rust.

Loz said:

how long have you been doing this?

Around 10 years.

Loz said:

My son LOVES coding and I think he would like to advance his knowledge in this but I am not sure how to support this.

I can give you some ideas, feel free to ignore my block of text below! On the opposite side of the spectrum, if you have more questions, I am happy to help if I can do it.

The TL;DR is that your "I have looked at a coding club." is likely the best starting point because kids make friends and can "do and show" what they learn, which is nice.

I give some more alternatives below. The programming languages' names in bold font, and the common areas in italic:

1. Free courses of FreeCodeCamp, a website with beginner-like exercises and projects. For example:
   
   1. Web Design / Web Development where they teach HTML and CSS and Javascript. (CSS and HTML aren't exactly programming, but close enough. )Here is a link to the Web Design Course, but you may need to register. They say the full curriculum is under development but what they have is already very good.
   2. Python courses to learn this quite cool and general purpose language (Python).
   3. They also have a Forum where your child can ask questions when stuck (exercises in the website also have a "Get Hint" button built to help you advance in the course.) The forum is kind of like this one we are at right now.
2. I don't think FreeCodeCamp has much of game development or phone applications development. Games can be quite neat for young kids but I've no advice about it since I never liked games!
3. Scratch is a programming language for kids. It is also a website, and you can share what you create with others, and from what I read the moderators keep it safe (same for FreeCodeCamp.) I believe this is the website.
4. Another possibility is to get into robotics, but to me this requires more support to set up environments in the computer, and it is more expensive as well.