Created by Al Sweigart, author of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, Invent with Python aims to make programming accessible, approachable, and fun, using Python as a powerful and beginner-friendly language. - Source: dev.to / 6 months ago

Not courses, but Al Sweigart's "Invent with Python" are excellent. (The two games books and code cracking are excellent to start with.) Https://inventwithpython.com/. Source: over 2 years ago

Check /u/alsweigart' s books on Automate the Boring Stuff with Python and on Invent your own Computer Games with Python. Source: almost 3 years ago

This Udemy course covers roughly the same content as the 1st edition book (the book has a little bit more, but all the basics are covered in the online course), which you can read for free online at https://inventwithpython.com. Source: almost 3 years ago

I also consider computer programming to be very creative. You may wish to learn the Python language. Python is a great starting language and very practical. There's some excellent free books here https://inventwithpython.com/ His book Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is very practical with real world uses. Source: about 3 years ago

I had some fun with this a few years ago https://codea.io/ It uses Lua the scripting language. Source: over 3 years ago

Not cellphones, but definitely mobile devices: - (Codea)[https://codea.io/] for iPad has been around for a long time. - Game Builder Garage for Nintendo Switch. Source: about 4 years ago

I guess your search is somehow limited, https://developer.apple.com/swift-playgrounds https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pythonista-3/id1085978097 https://codea.io/ https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/continuous-net-c-and-f-ide/id1095213378. - Source: Hacker News / about 4 years ago

iPads have a lot of good stuff, I think. I've 2x 7 year old girls, which have iPads. Generally they're limited to 1h/day, but screentime is off for: - Codea - https://codea.io - it took a while, but eventually they found out that there's a few sample games, so they thought they'd found a loophole to "no more screentime for games". Then it took a bit longer until they realized they can tweak the source code. "Look... - Source: Hacker News / over 4 years ago

This was my first big project in SwiftUI and focused on using Apple's most modern frameworks. I've been an Apple developer for around 20 years now and have published some other apps on the store, namely Codea and Shade. But this is the first game I've worked on in a while and it has been a lot of fun. Source: over 4 years ago