advent-of-code-2022 VS scratch-www

My current solution (in Common Lisp) solves both of those (hopefully correctly!)

https://github.com/alecigne/advent-of-code https://github.com/astynax/adventofcode2022.lisp https://github.com/aximili-dev/aoc-2022 https://github.com/blake-watkins/advent-of-code-2022 https://github.com/dawranliou/advent-of-code/ https://github.com/dmgk/aoc-2022 https://github.com/jackie-jackie/AoC https://github.com/leolaporte/aoc-cl https://github.com/leozamboni/aoc-2022 https://github.com/michaeldelago/aoc-2022 https://github.com/omarbassam88/aoc2022-cl https://github.com/poesraven8628/AdventofCode2022 https://github.com/Quiescent/advent-of-code-2022-in-common-lisp https://github.com/ryukinix/adventofcode/ https://github.com/staudtlex/advent-of-code-2022 https://github.com/taDachs/aoc-2022-lisp/tree/main/6 https://github.com/wsgac/advent-of-code-2022 https://github.com/xvan/adventofcode-2022 https://github.com/xxmyc/advent-of-code-2022-common-lisp https://github.com/ZachFontenot/adventofcode

I'm posting my solutions on the advent of code solution megathread each day, but here's the github link to them too https://github.com/blake-watkins/advent-of-code-2022

Common Lisp 3139 / 2967

Common Lisp 2468/2489

and https://codecombat.com, which has been around for a while now.

I think this paradigm (navigating a character using "move" function invocations) is good but kind of exhausts its usefulness after a while. I question whether my daughter learns coding this way or just is playing a turn based top down platformer. The most code like thing is when you use 'loops' to have characters repeat sequences of moves. I think when kids grok these things these apps become just types of glofiried education flavoured video games. There are a lot of things in kodable for instance that I feel are just basic web games with coding terms slapped on it.

https://scratch.mit.edu/ is more like 'programming' imo, even at the level of the objective -- having a blank canvas to create something. It seems a little advanced for my kids right now though.

+1 Scratch! My son started with it, then expanded into Roblox/Lua.

Children can download other people's games and experiment there. Scratch also has pre-made art, sounds, music.

https://scratch.mit.edu/

Scratch.mit.edu is a highly-recommended place to start [1] https://scratch.mit.edu/

> Scratch is the world’s largest coding community for children and a coding language with a simple visual interface that allows young people to create digital stories, games, and animations. Scratch is designed, developed, and moderated by the Scratch Foundation, a nonprofit organization. [2]

1: https://scratch.mit.edu/

https://scratch.mit.edu/ (Scratch version 2)

Someone who uses scratch.mit.edu (like me)

Now that I think of it, I did start game development on scratch before going right into java (because of minecraft).

I'm looking for the best systems to help a 4/5 year old get the basics of programming. My daughter has shown interest in what I do, and loves puzzles and building things. Looking for something visual and fun that can start her down the path of logic and creating with computers.

I have a passing familiarity with Scratch [1], which I'm now looking into more, but am hoping others can share their knowledge and experience in this area.

[1] https://scratch.mit.edu/