Scratch

Scratch seems to be a good place to start learning the basic bits that are in almost every language... maybe learning another (slowly) while using Scratch could help.

Yeah - Many people have used Scratch for a while, then went on to Flash, C#, and several other languages.

Im learning C# which is quite like scratch, so its a good place to go from after scratch, so yeah, scratch is a good place to start.

I found (showed to me by a different scracher) a programing language which is very like scratch.
Greenfoot.
http://www.greenfoot.org/

SupaClassAHacker wrote:

I already program in C and I also know a little java(learning it in college) and I think that it would have been great if I had met Scratch erlyer in my life, I guess like Chrischb said you should try learning another programming language while using scratch, maybe java or something like that since Scratch was made in java, if you can take classes for programming it would be great, but if you can't, take some time to read a programming book like "Java How to Program" by Deitel I think its a verry good place to start since that book has preety much everything a begginer could need and more.
You can also go for BASIC like you said cuz well its kinda going to help you learn the logic behind programming altough I think that scrach could fill in that role for ya

Scratch wasn't made in java, it was made in squeak. Only the online player was written in java.

SupaClassAHacker wrote:

I didn't know that I tought It was made in java cuz of the java runtime thingy, lol I fail.

Easy mistake to make.

Greatdane wrote:

Hey Pete,

Like people have said to you, Scratch is a great way to start off programming. It gives you the really basic concepts, like functions, variables, lists, tuples, and sprites.

If you already have experience with programming though, like Java, C, or Python, then you can head on to Alice or Greenfoot or Robocode. Yes, Robocode is actually really nice to go on after Scratch.

Scratch(Or Java, C, Python, Alice, Greenfoot, or Robocode    ) On!

*looks up robocode* Ohhh... sweet!
Anyway, I wouldn't personaly suggest alice, because in my opion, its is a step behind scratch, besides it being 3D. There is StarLogo TNG though, which was also developed by someone at MIT which is 3D and uses the same types of idea as scratch, using a drag and drop block system, but I couldn't make head or tail of it. Im currently learning C# and  C++ which are quite like scratch.

edward645 wrote:

Scratch is a very good place to start learning programing. Scratch is based on Java and Java is based on C/C++. So you are in the good company. Once you do few of your own Scratch projects you'll be ready to tackle more serious stuff in any other language. I program in Java, VB, JavaScript and some C/C++. All these languages work on the same principles. Although making games in Scratch is more fun    Actually, to be honest, programming languages are not that much different from each other, although true object oriented languages stand out.

Scratch isn't based in Java, and Java isn't based in C.

It goes,
Scratch
Squeak
Smalltalk
C/C++
B (Which is not based in A)

Only the online viewer is Java.

PeterGimms wrote:

Chrischb wrote:

Scratch seems to be a good place to start learning the basic bits that are in almost every language... maybe learning another (slowly) while using Scratch could help.

That sounds like a good idea; this way I can learn the basics of scratch and maybe apply it to another language? I was reading wikipedia about BASIC based languages and if I paired Scratch and Basic I'd probably learn a lot  .

Thanks for your replies, everyone. Hopefully I'll be making things soon!

Try JustBASIC.
It's a good (and free) place to start, during/after Scratch.