It means to type basic programs found in a book or magazine. It meant learning a poke command to change your background color. Writing a for loop to print out

It means to type basic programs found in a book or magazine. It meant learning a poke command to change your background color. Writing a for loop to print out a number. At 6 maybe you type that huge program that creates a sprite ball that bounces across the screen. By 7 you are drawing out sprites on grid paper and making that bouncing ball different pictures. It took me until later in highschool to understand things but typing and modifying is programming. My variables for loops were always lili,lolo,lala,lulu,p naming them there purpose seemed foreign.