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Kids and Code: Object Oriented Programming with CodeCombat

孩子与编程：使用 CodeCombat 进行面向对象的程序设计 （OOP）

Time flies. It's just a tad under 4 years ago that I wrote about teaching kids to code with code.org which is an amazing resource for young ones to start learning programming basics (CodeCombat is the Official Partner of Code.org). In that post I shared a photo of my then 6-year-old son Ari holding a laptop.

时间飞逝。 大约4年前，我写了一篇关于如何通过 code.org 教孩子们学习编程的文章。Code.org 是一个让青少年掌握编程基础知识的绝佳资源（CodeCombat 为 Code.org 官方合作伙伴）。在文章中，我分享了当时我6岁的儿子Ari拿着笔记本电脑的照片。

He learned a lot about both code and using a PC. I started to let him learn with CodeCombat. There are a few basics I like about CodeCombat.

他学习了很多有关代码和使用PC的知识。我开始让他接触 CodeCombat，因为这个产品有一些特点让我很喜欢。

Firstly, being browser based there's no install, no setups, no elevated privileges required etc etc. Just point and go.

首先，基于浏览器，无需安装，无需设置，无需权限的提升等等，只需前往网站即可。

CodeCombat takes you through a progression of levels that gradually introduce new concepts akin to the ones we use in everyday "adult" programming. For example, take a look at the following screen:

CodeCombat 带你逐步升级，循序渐进地引入类似于我们在日常“成人”编程中使用的语法概念。例如以下屏幕截图：

You'll see the language is set to Python and the code window represents a whole bunch of common programmatic constructs including:

CommentsVariablesData typesMethodsArguments

这里的语言设置为 Python，并且代码窗口里列举了一大堆常见的程序构造，包括：

注释变量数据类型方法参数

You can write your own code; you can then debug the code if the code fails, modify it and re-run, just like we'd do when writing software as a profession. It's somewhat gamified with heroes fighting enemies and animations that make the whole thing a lot more engaging so at least in my experience, it's something he's quite happy sitting down plugging away at for decent amounts of time without it becoming tedious.

你可以编写自己的代码；可以在代码失败的情况下调试代码，对其进行修改并重新运行，就像真正的软件工程师在编写程序时的步骤一样。在某种程度上，CodeCombat 中英雄与敌人对抗的故事情节和动画，使编程这件事情变得更有互动，更加引人入胜。至少在我的经验中，这是孩子很高兴坐下来一段时间而又不会乏味的事情。

That's Code Combat in a nutshell and I'd highly recommend getting your kids involved with it, giving them the opportunity to code.

简而言之，这就是 CodeCombat，我强烈推荐你的孩子参与其中，给他们提供一个编程的机会。

本文原作者 Troy Hunt，Microsoft 区域总监兼安全MVP，也是知名安全网站 Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) 的创始人。