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Scratch is a high-level, block-based visual programming language and website aimed primarily at children as an educational tool, with a target audience of ages 8 to 16. [9] [10] Users on the site can create projects on the website using a block-like interface.
ScratchJr is a derivative of the Scratch language, which has been used by over 10 million people worldwide. Programming in Scratch requires basic reading skills, however, so the creators saw a need for another language which would provide a simplified way to learn programming at a younger age and without any reading or mathematics required.
However, it supports the full object-based programming, event driven model of programming. Alice is designed to appeal to specific subpopulations not normally exposed to computer programming, such as students of middle school age, by encouraging storytelling. Alice is also used at many colleges and universities in Introduction to Programming ...
Makeblock (Chinese: 童心制物) is a private Chinese technology company with headquarters in Shenzhen, China.It develops Arduino-based hardware, robotics hardware, and Scratch-based software for the purpose of providing educational tools for learning.
BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) [1] is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. The original version was created by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. They wanted to enable students in non-scientific fields to use computers.
Name Latest stable release Developer License Operating system or environment Construct Animate (software) 26 March 2024: Scirra Trialware: Web application
(formerly Build Your Own Blocks) is a free block-based educational graphical programming language and online community. Snap allows students to explore, create, and remix interactive animations, games, stories, and more, while learning about mathematical and computational ideas. While inspired by Scratch, Snap! has many
In March 2009, Greenfoot project became free and open source software, and licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later with the Classpath exception. In August 2009, a textbook [4] was published that teaches programming with Greenfoot. In 2017, Greenfoot was extended to support a second programming language, Stride (in addition to Java). Stride is intended ...