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‎Programming toolkits

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‎Programming toolkits

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This page is intended to help beginners get started with learning programming.
Eventually, I'd like to provide a whole series of steps, exercises and tutorials
about programming, to help anyone who would like to get involved with software development
or game development.

== Programming toolkits ==
* scratch - see scratch.mit.edu

== Programming checklist ==
Follow these steps to learn how to program:

=== The very basics ===
* learn what a program statement is (and what a "computer language" is)
* learn what a variable is
* learn what a conditional (if statement) is
* learn what a loop is
* learn what input is
** different kinds of input (key press, mouse move, mouse button)
* learn what output is
** different kinds of output (text, image, sound)

Simple program 1:
Write a program that counts how many times someone presses the space bar.

Simple program 2:
Write a program that counts how many times someone presses each arrow key.

program 3:
Write a program that starts counting when someone presses the space bar,
and stops counting when they hit it a second time (like a stop-watch).

Program 4:
Write a program that moves a ball to the right on the screen, when the right arrow
is pressed.

Program 5:
Write a program that starts a ball moving when key is pressed. The ball
should keep moving until it hits a wall.

Note: For any of these programs, you can start with the program you used
previously, and expand or modify it to do the next task. You should
save it under a new name.

Program 6:
Write a program that starts a ball moving in a different direction, depending on
which arrow key (up, down, left, right) is pressed.

Program 7:
Write a program that starts with a moving ball. When the ball hits a wall,
it moves in the opposite direction.

Program 8:
Combine programs 6 and 7. Write a program that starts a ball in a direction
based on the key pressed. The ball should keep moving after the key is released.
It should bounce off the wall and go the other direction when it hits a wall.

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		+	=== Python (with PyGame) ===
		+	Here is an introduction to pygame, which has an bouncing ball demo as
		+	part of the intro.
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		+	http://www.pygame.org/docs/tut/intro/intro.html

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 == Languages ==
 Programming can be done in many different computer languages.
 === Scratch ===
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 Here is a tutorial for a bouncing ball demo in Javascript:
 http://sixrevisions.com/html/bouncing-a-ball-around-with-html5-and-javascript/

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 === Scratch ===
 === Javascript ===
 Here is a tutorial for a bouncing ball demo in Javascript:
 http://sixrevisions.com/html/bouncing-a-ball-around-with-html5-and-javascript/

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	based on the key pressed. The ball should keep moving after the key is released.		based on the key pressed. The ball should keep moving after the key is released.
	It should bounce off the wall and go the other direction when it hits a wall.		It should bounce off the wall and go the other direction when it hits a wall.
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		+	== Languages ==
		+	Programming can be done in many different computer languages.
		+
		+	=== Scratch ===
		+
		+	=== Javascript ===
		+	Here is a tutorial for a bouncing ball demo in Javascript:
		+	http://sixrevisions.com/html/bouncing-a-ball-around-with-html5-and-javascript/

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 * scratch - This is a beginning programming toolkit produced by MIT.  This has numerous examples and tutorials, and is highly recommended as an excellent starting place for beginning programmers.
 ** Free download available from: http://scratch.mit.edu/
 * Kahn Academy - Excellent online introductory course for computer science and programming, using interactive javascript
 ** [https://www.khanacademy.org/cs Computer Science tutorials and videos] - Start by clicking on the Introductory Video.

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 == Programming toolkits ==
-* scratch - see scratch.mit.edu
+* scratch - This is a beginning programming toolkit produced by MIT.  This has numerous examples and tutorials, and is highly recommended as an excellent starting place for beginning programmers.
 == Programming checklist ==