Google celebrates 50 years of kids coding languages


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 07 Dec 2017

To celebrate 50 years since kids programming languages were first introduced, Google created a special Google Doodle “Coding for Carrots” game directed at kids. (Courtesy Google)

To celebrate 50 years since kids programming languages were first introduced, Google created a special Google Doodle Coding for Carrots game directed at kids to get them excited and engaged about coding. 

The doodle game, developed by the Google Doodle team, Google Blockly team and researchers from MIT Scratch, involves a six-level quest in which players help a furry rabbit gather carrots by popping together coding blocks. 

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