I'd say Scratch is the #1 way kids to day are introduced to programming For parent that have some 8bit experience, Pico-8 (LUA) is also relatively popular. It's basically like running an Apple 2, Atari 800, Commodore 64 as if it booted into LUA instead of Basic. You can trivially draw things, and peak and poke bytes into "Screen memory" if you want to feel like you're "touching the hardware" JavaScript is also... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

You can always look at the help videos by Shiffman at (the coding train) Specifically: help guide to p5js. Source: about 1 year ago

> how do I get him learning programming in a fun way? Processing / P5.js can be pretty fun to learn. You use a real programming language to create art and animations. With little code you can get a circle on the screen, then making it move, then following your mouse, then adding other shapes, then changing colour depending on some event… It’s conductive to experimentation and a way to gradually introduce concepts.... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

Another great free site https://thecodingtrain.com/ to have in your pocket :D have fun out there! Source: over 1 year ago

a lot of the techniques learned from: https://thecodingtrain.com/. Source: over 1 year ago

Tim Ferris is an author, podcast host, and entrepreneur who focuses on performance, optimization, self-development, and business. He’s the author of 4-Hour Workweek, Tools of Titans, and Tribe of Mentors (all my favorite books!). Source: about 3 years ago