[adastra22]

Yeah my daughter got her start with the Piper computer, which is just a rebranded raspberry pi (albeit at a much higher price point), in a balsa wood case you put together yourself. The built in software is a customized Minecraft Pi, with built-in subquests where you learn how to put together the peripherals on a bread board.

That's all she needed, really. She graduated from that to Swift Playgrounds on my iPad, then once she had some understanding of Swift and programming in general she was solving problems on replit. Not sure yet how she'll jump the gap to making actual apps, but that's her goal and she's trying. She doesn't have to do it alone though; I'll help out as needed.