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Scratch

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Table of Contents

• What is Scratch
• Getting Started
• Your first program

What is Scratch

"Scratch is a free, visual block based programming language."

So what is scratch..? Its basically a way of getting you into coding quickly by creating games! Instead of writing the code, you can click and drag blocks that do different things and and arrange them in the logical flow that you want to create.

Getting Started

The main Scratch page can be found here. There are two ways of running scratch:

• Directly through the browser - click here and start creating immediately!. You can register for an account to allow projects to be saved.
• Downloading scratch to your computer or mobile here.

This video gives a good introduction to the options and getting started

Your first program

Here is a fantastic video of a full end-to-end creation of 'Geometry Dash'. It gives a great illustration of what you can make with Scratch. (It is pretty fast paced though, don't worry if it does not all make sense at first!)