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With current initiatives such as the BBC micro:bit encouraging children to develop programming skills this Dummies Junior title is intended as a first step to introducing children to simple coding concepts. Using the MicroWorlds EX tool, a platform designed to teach coding to young students, Camille McCue presents three easy-to-follow projects:
- Art toy - a project that teaches how to create graphics and apply code to make the graphics into things
- Traffic Dodge - a game based on the arcade classic 'Frogger' that teaches how to make things that respond to motion and collision commands
- Happy Birthday - a simulation that introduces score-keeping and maths into coding
Author: Camille McCue
Publisher: Wiley
Date: September 21, 2015
Pages: 128
ISBN: 978-1119177173
Print: 1119177170
Kindle: B012X604QI
Age Range: 7 - 11 years
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Pages: 576
ISBN: 978-0136677642
Print: 0136677649
Kindle: B09HTJRJ3V
Audience: C++ developers
Rating: 5
Reviewer: Mike James
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Publisher: Manning
Date: September 2021
Pages: 256
ISBN: 978-1617298677
Print: 1617298670
Kindle: B09CQHBVQZ
Rating: 4
Reviewer: Mike James
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