Learning to code: Scratch or Roblox?

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I have always wanted to introduce my eldest to coding as he seemed to be interested when he saw me doing programming work. I thought it would be appropriate to let him try out Scratch - a block-based programming language, which seems to be easier for beginners. I let him try a few coding lessons on Scratch. He was able to complete them quite easily and he actually found them rather boring. After a few attempts, I just stopped asking him to learn to code for a while. Recently, he told me he is interested in game designing, so I think it might be good to start again. He has always been interested in Roblox, both playing the games and developing the games. Roblox is programmed using a text-based programming language. Finally, I realized that my eldest actually prefers text programming over block-based programming. It's not that he wasn't interested in the Scratch tutorials I shared with him, he just did not like block-based programming at all. Actually, I do not like block-based programming as well; I think writing the text is easier and less tedious. We are now getting ready to dive into Roblox and see how it turns out. Now I am thinking if I should let my girl start with Scratch, as text-based programming might be more complex for her and she always prefers cute stuff. Picture credit: Pixabay