Scratch vs Phaser.io

Code is represented as visual building blocks that makes it easy to understand how a program is put together.

Scratch was developed specifically for kids ages 8 and up as an exciting way to introduce them to technology. It's designed to be easy to learn, but still provides good depth in computational thinking.

Scratch is designed to teach computational thinking rather than focus on specific syntax. It was designed specifically to be easy to learn for anyone over the age of 8.

The language is highly structured. Therefore, it gives you the essentials of how to think like a programmer and teaches you good programming practices from early on, so you could write clean, working and readable code in the future.

You can choose WebGL or classic HTML canvas element for game rendering.

This is one of the most developed frameworks right now.

There are plenty of great learning resources available for Phaser.io.

Most tasks are done just using 2 or 3 lines of code.

If you're browsing Slant, you probably already have a JavaScript enabled browser, which is most of what you need to get started learning JavaScript. The requirement to run a server locally on your computer while developing might make things a little more difficult

All you need to do is attach Phaser script to a HTML page even without installing any extensions.

Phaser provides a similar approach as to that of Flash games, where you can load assets and place them on a stage, and even improves upon the shortcomings of actionscript. It is very easy to shift from flash to HTML5 development because of this approach.

You can use it in popular online editors like replit, codandbox, etc.

The creator of phaser(photonstorm) has given the older(Phaser 2.0) source code to the community for their own maintenance, and has made Phaser 3.0 with a different style and approach, trying to make it easier for beginners to learn.