Scratch

henley · 2012-09-26 23:10:00

I recently have started learning JavaScript from codecademy.com, and noticed it is a lot more similar to Scratch than Python, or Flash.

There are many other languages I have yet to try and see where I shine brightest, so I was wondering: Is Scratch geared toward just having a better understanding of programming in general? Or is is geared toward a certain language?

jji7skyline · 2012-09-26 23:15:29

It teaches the basics of all languages. Flash isn't a very good language to learn, as it is dying out and doesn't have as many uses and such.

If you're interested in web programming, PHP is a good language to learn, I like it smile

TorbyFork234 · 2012-09-27 00:41:38

From what I get from it, Scratch teaches the logic part of programming. Not having to worry about all the different syntax parts is really good in Scratch. So, the answer to your question is, it's geared toward having a better understanding of programming in general.

roijac · 2012-09-27 15:40:50

scratch teaches basic logic and flow as well as threaded programming

no OOP or functions though

@pythonvsjs, from what i noticed, js is basically python with web libs, c++ syntax, no error catching capabilities and some weird prototyping, but not like scratch at all

joefarebrother · 2012-09-27 15:50:37

roijac wrote:
scratch teaches basic logic and flow as well as threaded programming

no OOP or functions though

@pythonvsjs, from what i noticed, js is basically python with web libs, c++ syntax, no error catching capabilities and some weird prototyping, but not like scratch at all

js does have error catching