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Everything about Scratch (programming language)

Programming language learning environment

Scratch is a high-level, block-based visual programming language and website aimed primarily at children as an educational tool, with a target audience of ages 5 to 16. Users can create projects on the website using a block-like interface. Scratch was conceived and designed through collaborative National Science Foundation grants awarded to Mitchel Resnick and Yasmin Kafai. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Scratch (programming language)A 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Programming Education Using Scratch to Learn a Text-Based Programming LanguageInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Lifelong kindergartenThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: The Scratch Programming Language and EnvironmentCited 960 times
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🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Scratch 3.0
  2. Community of users
  3. Code base
  4. Events
  5. History
  6. Scratch Foundation
  7. Filetypes
  8. Older versions
  9. Features
  10. Community-made modifications

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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