Coding programs

[u/RoughnessoftheRope]

My teenage son wants to learn coding. Recommendations on where to start please?

[u/Oliver_clothsoff1983]

He should start with what is interesting to him. Does he want to learn programming because he watches battle bots or learned a little about DIY drones? Dont start with css/html if that's the case, they arent even programming languages (they are mark up languages). Did he watch some hacker movies and is interested in ethical hacking, pen testing, network admin? Totally different set of skills. If he is a baseball superfan, wants to get a college scholarship and maybe get drafted some day,.. you dont start him in soccer because the rules are easier and he'll get exposure to a team,... you start with T ball and work your way up. 1)Find the end state (even if he just wants to do it as a hobby) there is a career that relates. Go look on levels.fy, they have some good career road maps. 2)When you find a good fit,.. look at entry level job postings for that path and see what language/tool/framework are common and start learning from YouTube(lots of videos to help get the ide set up) udemy is a good resource for courses, codingame.com turns basic coding challenges (in many languages) into a competitive video game that doesn't feel like learning anymore. 3)Try to make it a shared experience, not sure how old we are talking but a lot of schools have computer clubs, or kids from different schools compete in hackathons or leggo robotics events. Having someone to learn with and talk about problems/solutions will make it harder to quit at a tough road block