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Hello Scratch! by Sadie Ford, Gabriel Ford and Melissa Ford (2017, Trade Paperback)

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Hello Scratch!: Learn to Program by Making Arcade Games by Ford, Gabriel, Ford, Melissa, Ford, Sadie [Paperback]

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Product Identifiers

PublisherManning Publications Co. LLC

ISBN-10161729425X

ISBN-139781617294259

eBay Product ID (ePID)23038442382

Product Key Features

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameHello Scratch!

Publication Year2017

SubjectProgramming / Games, Programming / General, Computer Science, General

TypeTextbook

AuthorSadie Ford, Gabriel Ford, Melissa Ford

Subject AreaComputers

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight27.5 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width7.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2018-285004

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal005.1

SynopsisKey Features: · Introduction to Scratch · Easy to follow examples · Step-by-step guide This book is for kids and their parents who want to learn to program while creating games. No programming experience needed!, In the future, there are going to be millions of jobs with no one to fill them if more kids don't learn how to code. So why aren't more kids learning to program? Some think it's too hard, and others don't have parents who can help them because they don't know programming themselves. Learning to code with a tool like Scratch, an open source programming platform maintained by MIT, and having fun goals, like writing games, just might make a difference. That's where this book comes in. 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. By building games, readers not only create fun finished products, but they'll learn important programming skills along the way. By the time readers are done, they'll be able to create their own games and understand the basics of computer programming and game design. Key Features: - Introduction to Scratch - Easy to follow examples - Step-by-step guide This book is for kids and their parents who want to learn to program while creating games. No programming experience needed! About the Technology: Scratch is a drag-and-drop programming language created by the college Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). What can you make with Scratch? The short answer is anything., In the future, there are going to be millions of jobs with no one to fill them if more kids don't learn how to code. So why aren't more kids learning to program? Some think it's too hard, and others don't have parents who can help them because they don't know programming themselves. Learning to code with a tool like Scratch, an open source programming platform maintained by MIT, and having fun goals, like writing games, just might make a difference. That's where this book comes in. 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. By building games, readers not only create fun finished products, but they'll learn important programming skills along the way. By the time readers are done, they'll be able to create their own games and understand the basics of computer programming and game design. Key Features: · Introduction to Scratch · Easy to follow examples · Step-by-step guide This book is for kids and their parents who want to learn to program while creating games. No programming experience needed! About the Technology: Scratch is a drag-and-drop programming language created by the college Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). What can you make with Scratch? The short answer is anything., 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. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. 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 Readers 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 Table of Contents PART 1 - SETTING UP THE ARCADE Getting to know your way around Scratch Becoming familiar with the Art Editor Meeting Scratch's key blocks through important coding concepts PART 2 - TURNING ON THE MACHINES Designing a two-player ball-and-paddle game Using conditionals to build a two-player ball-and-paddle game PART 3 - CODING AND PLAYING GAMES 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

LC Classification NumberQA76.6