Scratch

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A visual programming environment designed for teaching coding concepts to beginners.

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Placed in Assess: 2 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by open-source activity, with 0 in the last 30 days. Confidence 34%.

2Hacker News·8/31/2026research
John Carmack asks for Scratch career success stories
John Carmack said he still sees Scratch as an introductory visual programming environment for children, but he has not heard many examples of it leading to fulfilling careers. He asked whether anyone can point to success stories where early Scratch experience was a meaningful step toward a programming career.
2Hacker News·7/26/2026open_source
Teaching Kids Programming with Forth
The article describes an instructor’s experience teaching middle and high school students programming through the Forth language rather than more common choices like Python or Scratch. It explains the curriculum choices, including a focus on stack-based thinking, limited syntax, and having students build small creative projects they can run in a browser-based learning environment.