Introduction to Coding

Coding is all about...

• communicating with other students
• playing games
• giving instructions to a digital device
• making a website

The skills you acquire from coding can be used for what? 

• To make all sorts of software. 
• To create games
• To create a website
• To complete your work faster and easier 

True or False: 
Your program may not work due to a bug where instructions are in the wrong place, or numbers or instructions are in the wrong place. 

• True
• False

True or False: You rarely see computer code but it is always in the background making everything work properly

• True
• False

What is coding? 

• Create a secret language that you understand and other people need to decode. 
• A language that your computer understands. Written in a set of instructions.

True or False: 
There are 3 different programming languages

• True
• False

Scratch is mainly used for... 

• For anyone: to create games and programs with lots of pictures
• For professional use only: To create a website

Python is mainly used for... 

• Creating the game snake
• Easy but powerful language, can be used to coordinate special effect programs in movies and films

C++ is mainly used to... 

• Make programs that need to work extremely fast, including 3-D computer games
• Creating simple programs that do not need a lot of graphics and instructions

Javascript is mainly used to... 

• Create interactive features in many different websites. 
• Create interactive features for games