CodeIt guides

Straight answers about learning to code.

Written to be useful whether or not you ever use CodeIt. Several of these recommend another tool, because for a lot of readers another tool is the right answer.

My class used Glitch. What do we use now?

Glitch ended hosting in July 2025. A teacher's replacement guide: remixable starters, age gates, Chromebook fit, and what to do with old projects.

What to use after Scratch, before Python

Your kid outgrew Scratch but isn't ready for Python. Here's how to tell if they're actually ready, why the Python jump fails, and what to pick instead.

Your kid used AI to write their code. Now what?

AI wrote your kid's project. The learning isn't lost, but it hasn't happened yet. What to ask, what to try this week, and both sides of vibe coding.

Did my kid learn anything, or did AI do it?

Your child built something with AI and it works. Here is how to tell whether they understood it, four checks you can run this week, on any platform.

Glitch shut down. Where do beginner web projects live now?

Glitch ended web hosting on 8 July 2025. What was lost, what happened to existing projects, why redirects expire, and where to go now.

How to actually publish a first website for free

Putting a first website online free: which hosts need an account, a card, git knowledge, or a minimum age, and which quietly exclude kids.

Make a small browser game you can actually read

How to build a browser game you can share as a link and understand the code of, plain JavaScript, KAPLAY (formerly Kaboom.js), Phaser and p5.js compared.

AI built your website. Can you change it?

Lovable, v0 and Bolt all let you export code, so the lock-in question is subtler. A six-point checklist for judging any AI builder.

What Happened to Juni Learning

Juni Learning sunset its 1:1 kids coding tutoring and consolidated onto Acely, its own test-prep spinout. What that means and where families went next.

Code.org Is Now CodeAI: What Changed

Code.org rebranded org-wide as CodeAI in June 2026. The domain is still live, CS curriculum still exists, and the emphasis moved to AI literacy.

Common Sense Paused Edtech Reviews

Common Sense Education paused all edtech product reviews from February 2026. Its privacy ratings still run. What schools should use instead.

Replit Teams for Education Shut Down

Replit discontinued Teams for Education on 1 August 2024. Replit itself still operates but has exited education. Where teachers moved next.

Is Tynker worth it, and what else is there?

Tynker costs $15 to $18 a month for up to three children. What the alternatives actually are, what each one is better at, and the cases where you should stay.

What is actually free, and which one should we use?

Six platforms that cost nothing, what each is genuinely good at, and which one to pick by what your child wants to make. Every claim checked against the source.

Which coding tool suits my child's age?

What actually works at each age, why the wrong tool at the right age is the usual reason a child quits, and when to move them on. Sourced and dated.

Which coding platform should my child use?

Scratch, Code.org, Tynker and CodeMonkey, with what each is actually best at, what it costs, and the child each one is wrong for. Prices checked 31 August 2026.

What you can do on CodeIt

Each guide is dated and says when it was last checked against the products it names.