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I’m 18 now and I got started with Scratch when I was 8. It teaches you to think logically without requiring you to learn about editors, the command line, interp
by Wingy 3y ago
I’m 18 now and I got started with Scratch when I was 8. It teaches you to think logically without requiring you to learn about editors, the command line, interpreters/compilers, syntax, libraries, or the file system. As an eight-year-old I understood some but not much of that. The ability to open Scratch and create 2d games or other programs is probably why I’m successful today.
- rahimnathwani 3y agoI'm curious if you remember the first couple of things you saw in Scratch, or what made you think it was cool? I remember the first computer program I saw was something that printed 'hello' in a continuously-scrolling zig zag pattern on the screen. It was just two FOR loops in BASIC. Something like this: 10 REPEAT 20 FOR x = 1 TO 10 30 PRINT TAB(x,1);"hello" 60 NEXT x 70 FOR x = 10 TO 1 STEP -1 80 PRINT TAB(x,1);"hello" 110 NEXT x 120 UNTIL FALSE That wowed me, and made me want to learn more. I'm not sure what the equivalent would be for a kid that's grown up with an iPad and other devices.
- Wingy 3y agoI created a beach scene with a bunch of animals that would either say something or tween to another location on screen and back or both. One of the animals would ask what your name was and then repeat it back to you. I don’t remember any programs I saw before I got started.