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I'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
by rahimnathwani 3y ago
I'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.