Hello Scratch! / Gabriel Ford, Sadie Ford, Melissa Ford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, Gabriel, author.

Ford, Sadie, author.

Ford, Melissa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scratch (Computer program language)--Juvenile literature.

Scratch (Computer program language).

Video games--Programming--Juvenile literature.

Video games.

Video games--Programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Shelter Island, New York : Manning, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Summary Hello Scratch! is a how-to book that helps parents and kids work together to learn programming skills by creating new versions of old retro-style arcade games with Scratch. About the Technology Can 8-year-olds write computer programs? You bet they can! In Scratch, young coders use colorful blocks and a rich graphical environment to create programs. They can easily explore ideas like input and output, looping, branching, and conditionals. Scratch is a kid-friendly language created by MIT that is a safe and fun way to begin thinking like a programmer, without the complexity of a traditional programming language. About the Book Hello Scratch! guides young readers through five exciting games to help them take their first steps in programming. They'll experiment with key ideas about how a computer program works and enjoy the satisfaction of immediate success. These carefully designed projects give readers plenty of room to explore by imagining, tinkering, and personalizing as they learn. What's Inside Learn by experimentation Learn to think like a programmer Build five exciting, retro-style games Visualize the organization of a program About the Reader Written for kids 8-14. Perfect for independent learning or working with a parent or teacher. About the Authors Kids know how kids learn. Sadie and Gabriel Ford, 12-year-old twins and a formidable art and coding team, wrote this book with editing help from their mother, author Melissa Ford!

Contents:

Getting to know your way around Scratch

Becoming familiar with the art editor

Meeting Scratch's key blocks through important coding concepts

Designing a two-player ball-and-paddle game

Using conditionals to build a two-player ball-and-paddle game

Designing a fixed shooter

Using conditionals to build your fixed shooter

Designing a one-player ball-and-paddle game

Using variables to build your one-player ball-and-paddle game

Designing a simple platformer

Using X and Y coordinates to make a simple platformer

Making a single-screen platformer

Using arrays and simulating gravity in a single-screen platformer

Becoming a game maker.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781638354246

1638354243

9781617294259

161729425X

OCLC:

1017738562