{"product_id":"9780133748635","title":"Scratch 2.0 Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn Full Color!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn just 24 sessions of one hour or less, learn how to make your own animations, games, simulations, and interactive stories with MIT Media Lab’s amazingly easy Scratch 2.0! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll walk through everything from joining the global Scratch community to adding audio\/video and sensing the outside environment. You’ll learn to write reliable, efficient code and take advantage of millions of Scratch programs shared online. Every hands-on lesson builds upon what you’ve already learned, fully preparing you to create inspired projects of your own!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eStep-by-step instructions \u003c\/b\u003ecarefully walk you through the most common Scratch 2.0 programming tasks.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eQuizzes\u003c\/b\u003e at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChallenges\u003c\/b\u003e give you the opportunity to extend upon what you’ve learned in each chapter and flex your new-found programming skills.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNotes\u003c\/b\u003e present interesting information related to the discussion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTips\u003c\/b\u003e offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCautions\u003c\/b\u003e alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLearn how to… \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreate your first project\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaster basic features including the Stage, Backdrops, Sprites, and Costumes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMake things happen with Motion blocks\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdd sophisticated logic without complicated coding\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUse audio and video you capture with a webcam or microphone\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInclude your own drawings in your projects\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSense what your game’s players are doing and interact with them\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWrite programs that respond to outside changes such as temperature and touch\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTest your projects to find and fix problems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDocument and publish projects so others can help you improve them\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e“Remix” projects with online Scratch code and content\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreate games with multiple game screens and button controls\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaster skills you can use with even the most powerful programming languages\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e   \u003cb\u003eWho Should Read This Book\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrand new to programming: Welcome! You don’t need any prior experience with programming in order to gain value from this book. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsidering a career change: Perhaps you are a K-12, junior college, or university student who has perhaps a bit of past programming experience, and you are pondering a full-time career as a software developer. Learning Scratch serves as an excellent diagnostic to gauge your aptitude and interest in the subject matter.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJust tinkering: Maybe you are a technology buff who always wondered what work went into developing a software project. You have no real career aspirations in programming--you just enjoy tinkering and having fun. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  If you find that you don’t belong in any of the previous three classifications, then don’t worry about it. Set your sights on learning as much as you can and, above all else, having fun, and you’ll be fine!","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148068700400,"sku":"9780133748635","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780133748635_p0.jpg?v=1763641795","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780133748635","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}