Scratch

shadowmouse · 2013-02-03 05:41:14

I've been using scratch for about a month or two now and I was wondering about the advantages of different languages or mods. e.g. Can scratch do anything that BYOB (or snap) can't and vice versa, and what about python?

scimonster · 2013-02-03 13:39:21

Snap! is much more powerful than Scratch, but Scratch is simpler. Python is also much more powerful. Scratch is a very simple language, designed for beginners.

veggieman001 · 2013-02-03 14:00:14

Basically what Sci said—they can do more. Python is also easily extensible and there are many libraries available for different specific functions.

Laternenpfahl · 2013-02-03 14:11:03

HTML, JS, PHP.

The future.

technoguyx · 2013-02-03 17:39:01

Scratch makes for a great introduction to programming, as you can learn and apply concepts without bothering with syntax. There's pretty much no way you can get a syntax error in Scratch tongue There are also blocks already defined for many common tasks such as pointing to a certain sprite.

Of course, the block-based programming can make Scratch rather slow, and there's absolutely no way to interface with native code libraries.

shadowmouse · 2013-02-04 11:22:25

Thanks, I'm about to do GCSE computing and we do scratch and python and I was thinking about which to put more time into.

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