Scratch

the comment block, is the exact same as the SAY block. Just do      <say[ this is how the scritp works blahblah ]for()secs>

heybrian1 wrote:

the comment block, is the exact same as the SAY block. Just do      <say[ this is how the scritp works blahblah ]for()secs>

Actually, if you used a "Say" block, the sprite would tell you how the script works, comments don't showin the animation or game, but are in scripts, but they are more like a side note.

Someone could make a scratch look-a-like with more features/blocks using the source-code, but I don't think the Scratch Team is interested in making multiple versions of Scratch.

archmage wrote:

I think the scratch team already said that did not like the idea of an advanced version of scratch. They want the program to be used by everybody.

Yeah.

Rukqo wrote:

Not advanced, but it's just........professional. What about a special mod?

Scratch was NOT suited for professional development. It's mainly a tool for learning basic code. Learning a computer language is much easier if you know a language already and I think that the goal of scratch was to be that first language.

Flash is way better than scratch for professional development. It has a long list of features that scratch lacks. If you want to learn a more advanced language because scratch isn't doing it for you try flash AS, it can do everything scratch can (except play midis). It would be a great step up from scratch and the language is similar to scratch as well.

Rukqo wrote:

Is Scratch open-source?

You can download the source code of Scratch from http://scratch.mit.edu/pages/source

well, acctually, I think that the scratch team should pack it into one scratch. If you are a begginer, you don't have to use it. Besides, even if they don't, I am sure jens will figure it out soon enough.

I never understood why the comment block was removed. Some form of commenting is in evey language I have learned. Sometimes I write a program and have to come back to it at a much later time. Comments help me remember what I was doing and why. As an instructor I have my students comment their programs. It helps me understand what they were trying to do, even if they were not quite sucessful. It gives me insight into their reasoning. Since Scratch is suppose to be a first language getting people to comment their code is a good practice. If the name was the problem call it something else like remark, rem or //. I vote in favor of a comment block.

Jman720 wrote:

heybrian1 wrote:

the comment block, is the exact same as the SAY block. Just do      <say[ this is how the scritp works blahblah ]for()secs>

Actually, if you used a "Say" block, the sprite would tell you how the script works, comments don't showin the animation or game, but are in scripts, but they are more like a side note.

Actully, you either put it on the script and do "say for 0 secs" or you put it next to the script.

Yes. I wanted to post that yesterday, but I stopped scratch-ing 
aslo, make sure the say for 0 sec is not in a forever loop, that will slow down everything.

Last edited by JSO (2008-03-16 14:02:24)

heybrian1 wrote:

ok, then just put the say block right next to the script.

Which is fine till you click "Clean up scripts window"

I current use a Say block enclosed in a "Repeat 0" block, if I feel the need to add a comment.