Computer Coding for Kids. Vorderman C.

DK Publishing, 2019. — 224 р.

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.

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Russian language: Программирование для детей. Scratch и Python. Вордерман К., Вудкок Дж. и др. (2015, 224с.)

Contents
8 FOREWORD by Carol Vorderr
10 HOW THIS BOOK WORKS
1 WHAT IS CODING?
14 What is a computer program?
16 Thinking like a computer
18 Becoming a coder
2 STARTING FROM SCRATCH
22 What is Scratch?
24 Installing Scratch
26 Scratch interface
28 Sprites
30 Coloured blocks and code
32 Project 1: Escape the dragon!
38 Making things moves
40 Costumes
42 Hide and seek
44 Events
46 Simple loops
48 Pens and turtles
50 Variables
52 Maths
54 Strings and lists
56 Co-ordinates
58 Make some noise
60 Project 2: Roll the dice
62 True or false?
64 Decisions and branches
66 Sensing and detecting
68 Complex loops
70 Sending messages
72 Creating blocks
74 Project 3: Monkey mayhem
82 Time to experiment
3 PLAYING WITH PYTHON
86 What is Python?
88 Installing Python
92 Introducing IDLE
94 Errors
96 Project 4: Ghost game
98 Ghost game decoded
100 Program flow
102 Simple commands
104 Harder commands
106 Which window?
108 Variables in Python
110 Types of data
112 Maths in Python
114 Strings in Python
116 Input and output
118 Making decisions
120 Branching
122 Loops in Python
124 While loops
126 Escaping loops
128 Lists
130 Functions
132 Project 5: Silly sentences
134 Tuples and dictionaries
136 Lists in variables
138 Variables and functions
140 Project 6: Drawing machine
148 Bugs and debugging
150 Algorithms
152 Libraries
154 Making windows
156 Colour and co-ordinates
158 Making shapes
160 Changing things
162 Reacting to events
164 Project 7: Bubble blaster
176 What next?
4 INSIDE COMPUTERS
180 Inside a computer
182 Binary and bases
184 Symbols and codes
186 Logic gates
188 Processors and memory
190 Essential programs
192 Storing data in files
194 The internet
5 PROGRAMMING IN THE REAL WORLD
198 Computer languages
200 Coding stars
202 Busy programs
204 Computer games
206 Making apps
208 Programming for the internet
210 Using JavaScript
212 Bad programs
214 Minicomputers
216 Becoming a master programmer
218 Glossary
220 Index
224 Acknowledgments

Computers are a huge part of life that we all now take for granted. Instead of calling someone on the phone, we send a text message or use social media. From shopping and entertainment to news and games, we guzzle on everything computers have to offer. But we can do more than just use this technology, we can create it. If we can learn to code, we can make our own digital masterpieces.