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robotopia

:robot: Introducing kids to coding with tiny virtual robots!

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Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2017-04-05 16:56:09 UTC to 2018-12-09 10:34:09 UTC.

012017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsApr 20172017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsFeb 20182018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsDec 2018

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Apr 20172017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC110
May 20172017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20172017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20172017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20172017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20172017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20172017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20172017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20172017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20182018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20182018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20182018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC101
May 20182018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20182018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20182018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20182018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20182018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20182018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20182018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20182018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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pdm55·Dec 9, 2018
Coding 4 Kids https://www.tynker.com/ tynker* https://www.computerscienceforkids.com/beginningvisualstudio.... C# + SmallBasic curriculums* https://www.codingkids.com.au/careers/ coding 4 kids - careers https://makecode.com/#about Microsoft – make code* https://github.com/robotopia-x/robotopia/ Github for Robocop https://developers.google.com/blockly/ Google Building Blocky with Javascript https://computationalthinkingcourse.withgoogle.com/unit?unit.... chat bot some other coding sites found by me, a science teacher: https://studio.code.org/s/express I like this - it's easy - if I am required to teach middle-school kids some coding I will probably use this; https://www.computerscienceforkids.com/beginningvisualstudio.... curricula for SmallBasic, C#, Java, VisualBasic for kids+ ; https://makecode.com/#about Microsoft IoT + coding for kid
Read the rest
s http://interactivepython.org/runestone/static/thinkcspy/inde.... Interactive Python; https://www.lazarus-ide.org/ Lazarus = Free Pascal - some teachers use this; https://jsfiddle.net/ some teachers like this - nothing to install, code Javascript online; http://happyfuncoding.com/ the one site I can always remember the name of; http://physics.weber.edu/schroeder/html5/ am I allowed to love Newton's Cannon, written in simple Javascript on one page?
In Ask HN: How do you teach kids to program?
pdm55·Apr 19, 2018
Coding 4 Kids https://www.tynker.com/ tynker* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16464909 HN coding for kids https://www.computerscienceforkids.com/beginningvisualstudio... C# + SmallBasic curriculums* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13499626 how to teach kids to code - resources https://www.codingkids.com.au/careers/ coding 4 kids - careers https://makecode.com/#about Microsoft – make code* https://github.com/robotopia-x/robotopia/ Github for Robocop https://developers.google.com/blockly/ Google Building Blocky with Javascript https://computationalthinkingcourse.withgoogle.com/unit?unit... chat bot
In Ask HN: Resources for teaching kids to code

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