ZIM at https://zimjs.com is perfectly poised to be what's next for those transitioning from Scratch to traditional text-based code. ZIM makes the JavaScript Canvas simple which is good for everyone. It is also a colorful way to be introduced to JavaScript. Here is some sample code:

new Circle(100, blue).center().drag();

We have ZIM Kids at https://zimjs.com/kids. And we have ZIM Skool at https://zimjs.com/skool. There is a video series called Learn JavaScript with Creative Coding at https://zimjs.com/learnjavascript.html and yet the same code can be used by developers for professional apps - see https://dev.zimjs.com. Amazing!

ZIM KIDS
If you are a teacher looking to teach text-based code we have an intro to ZIM Kids here https://zimjs.org/curriculum.html. An intro to code as magic is found here https://zimjs.org/magic.html.

Each tutorial has three levels with an online editor, the code to type, info about the code, a live sample and links to resources.

There is also a SLATE section for free-form coding and a series called ZIM Bits with 64 common examples. We follow this with dozens of CodePen examples that will amuse and inspire.

SKOOL
If teaching older kids please see https://zimjs.org/skool/teachers.html and if a student the intro is here https://zimjs.org/skool/students.html. The lessons can be found at https://zimjs.org/skool

Please join us at https://zimjs.com/slack or https://zimjs.com/discord to talk! Hope to see you soon.

Dr Abstract

We dedicate this post to https://dev.to/coolscratcher - may you have a long life of coding creativity!

If you have not checked out the Canvas recently - you simply must! Here is the ZIM Dev Site and some In-depth Guides by Dr Abstract including Your Guide to Coding Creativity on the Canvas.