Second, maybe spin them up a tumblr blog, and let them hack on a theme (changing colors, etc), same thing as an old-school myspace setup and it taught _a lot_ of people in the early 2010s how to code.
Codecademy is another good one to get some basics in a more educational way, but it might turn them off because of that.
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Developer tools first and foremost.
Second, maybe spin them up a tumblr blog, and let them hack on a theme (changing colors, etc), same thing as an old-school myspace setup and it taught _a lot_ of people in the early 2010s how to code.
Codecademy is another good one to get some basics in a more educational way, but it might turn them off because of that.