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This is really neat. I'm happy that you're encouraging your son to program at such a young age. It really helps to build computer skills to immerse yourself from your early years. I started learning programming using QBasic on my computer at the age of 6. I now know several programming languages and am the go-to person in my friend group for computer help of all kinds. I wish your son the best on his adventures in learning programming.


What do kids learn these days as their first programming language?


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


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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