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Help Your Kids with Computer Coding
SKU
053051
ISBN
9781465477323
Grade 3-AD
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Charlotte Mason
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Description
What a great beginner's coding book with clear and illustrated instructions! After the introduction about what coding is, what it's for, and it works, the user will first learn how to program with Scratch. Build games and projects with the fairly simple coding program to get a good feel for how the mechanics work. About halfway through the book, the user will transition to learning the basics of Python in various game creations and projects. The difference between Scratch and Python is Scratch has more pre-typed word bubbles to insert into a project, while Python requires more typing of code. The back of the book explains some of the basics about computer elements, hardware, storage, and programs, followed by how coding is used in the world today. 224 pgs, pb.
Publisher's Description of Help Your Kids with Computer Coding
Kids can take their first steps toward becoming expert computer programmers with this fully updated guide to coding for beginners.
They'll master Scratch 3.0, the brand-new version of the world's most popular coding language for beginners. This will let them discover what makes a computer work while learning how to build their own computer programs and games.
Once they're Scratch experts, it's on to the more complex Python programming language to delve even more deeply into the technology that surrounds us every day. Help Your Kids with Computer Coding uses a simple, visual layout to guide budding programmers step by step through the ins and outs of computer code, from algorithms to variables, even showing them how to find and fix bugs in their code. Before you know it, they'll be creating their own programs from scratch.
It doesn't stop there, though. If Scratch and Python have got them hooked, there's a peek at binary and JavaScript to show them where their coding career could be heading next. This book also lifts the lid on computers and shows young readers the chips and processors that make technology come to life. Fully illustrated with funny and informative graphics, Help Your Kids with Computer Coding makes even the most difficult aspects of coding fun and easy to understand.
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Brand: | Dorling Kindersley |
| Grades: | 3-AD |
| ISBN: | 9781465477323 |
| Length in Inches: | 9.1875 |
| Width in Inches: | 7.75 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.625 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 1.5 |
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