ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Educational programming language

An educational programming language is a special way of talking to a computer, like the way you talk to your teacher, but only easier. It is like teaching the computer to do things the way you want it to, but you have to use specific words and commands that it can understand.

For example, imagine you want the computer to print out the words "Hello World." You might tell it to do this by typing "print('Hello World')". This might seem like a secret code, but it's really just a way for you to talk to the computer and tell it what to do.

Educational programming languages are designed to help you learn how to talk to the computer and become better at it. They often have special features that make it easier to understand what you are doing, and they might even have games or puzzles that you can solve by programming the computer.

Some popular educational programming languages include Scratch, Python, and JavaScript. Each of these languages has its own unique features and uses, but they are all designed to make it easier for you to learn how to program and have fun doing it.