Programming Languages- First Experience with Coding

 

As a newbie to coding, I had to watch all of the tutorial videos on Scratch before starting to build my program. The textbook offered a great explanation of what coding is. I didn’t even know the formal definition of coding and what it is really used for. According to TestOut Corp. (2024), “coding is the process of writing instructions to communicate with computers which can accept these instructions”. I also learned that coding uses different types of languages to translate what I want the computer to do into a task it can perform. Once I understood this information, it was easier for me to wrap my head around what I needed to accomplish in Scratch.

Once I started adding blocks to my program, I began to see how it all comes together. With this being my first experience with coding, I know I have a lot to learn. I gained insight into what it means to create a program and the work that goes into the process of coding. This program I created is very basic and probably doesn’t make much sense, but I believe I will learn to make it better over time. I am still not comfortable with coding, but I am willing to keep trying it because it truly is interesting. I look forward to becoming a code expert. Here is my first program, made with Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1191487444

TestOut Corp. (2024). CertMaster Learn Tech+. http://www.testout.com


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