Which programming language should you choose to teach coding?
From Hello World by Hello World
November 5, 2025 · 40 min · Season 9 · Episode 4
About this episode
Educators from the Raspberry Pi Foundation discuss the pros and cons of various programming languages for teaching coding.
In this episode educators from the Raspberry Pi Foundation discuss the pros and cons of using Scratch, Python, Java and other programming languages to teach coding skills at different learning stages.
People in this episode
Host: Educators from the Raspberry Pi Foundation
Topics covered
- programming languages
- coding education
- Scratch
- Python
- Java
- teaching methods
Keywords
- programming language
- coding skills
- education
- Scratch
- Python
- Java
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Raspberry Pi Foundation
Products: Scratch, Python, Java
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