Comment on Advice needed, son wants to learn how to program
Wet@lemmy.world 11 months ago
In terms of keeping him safe online look into some content filtering for the whole home network, either paid or self-hosted.
Projects that act upon physical stuff are the most rewarding. Something simple such as building a simple Python script that interacts with a smart home API and turns switches on/off or changes light colors around the house are relatively simple and require no hardware/mechanics if you’re not into robotics, soldering or circuit boards.
You’ve got a great kid :)
MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I love this. www.youtube.com/c/beneater ben eater does a lot of hardware stuff that may be of interest in this area.
I know that there’s some pretty advanced lego stuff which is a great entry point as well.
peter@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Writing a program in assembly for 6502 processor might be a little bit too far from scratch for an 8 year old
MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
HAHA yes of course of course. But it’s not out of the realm of possibility if they show an interest in it. Ben does some really simple projects that an 8 yr old could tackle to get some real fundamental understanding of what’s going on under the hood.