In this guide we’ll delve into the popular programming language Scratch.
Scratch is a block-based language geared for beginners that lets you create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art.
Scratch is easy to use and requires no prior coding experience!
First we’ll do a walkthrough of the basics.
Next we’ll cover the updates in the 3rd and newest edition of the language which was released January 2, 2019.
Lastly we’ll do some digital painting inside Scratch using a Circuit Playground Express as our “paintbrush” and “palette”. See below!
See this guide now. If you are excited about Scratch, let us know in the comments below.
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, or even use Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for MakeCode, CircuitPython, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell with Google Hangouts On-Air is every Wednesday at 7:30pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.
