CS50 Introduction to Programming with Scratch
An introduction to programming using Scratch a visual programming language via which aspiring programmers can write code by dragging and dropping graphical blocks (that resemble puzzle pieces) instead of typing out text. Used at the start of Harvard College introductory course in computer science CS50 Scratch was designed at MIT Media Lab, empowering students with no prior programming experience to design their own animations games interactive art and stories. Using Scratch this course introduces students to fundamentals of programming found not only in Scratch itself but in traditional text-based languages (like Java and Python) as well. Topics include: functions which are instructions that perform tasks return values which are results that functions provide conditions via which programs can decide whether or not to perform some action loops via which programs can take action again and again variables via which programs can remember information and more. Ultimately this course prepares students for subsequent courses in programming.
