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- new50
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Scratcher
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Scratch code
How do you do everything with code?Please make it not so diffcult.









- -Lite-
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Scratcher
500+ posts
Scratch code
How do you do everything with code?Please make it not so diffcult.Please refine your answer. It's too ambiguous.
- new50
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Scratcher
22 posts
Scratch code
No sorry.I just find it diffuclt to actully use the code.How do you do everything with code?Please make it not so diffcult.Please refine your answer. It's too ambiguous.



- WolfCat67
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Scratch code
Programming was never meant to be simple, and Scratch actually words it in the least complicated way and even has things that other programming languages don't even have, like the Motion Blocks, such as “change x”.No sorry.I just find it diffuclt to actully use the code.How do you do everything with code?Please make it not so diffcult.Please refine your answer. It's too ambiguous.
If you're finding it complicated, use the “Help” (the “?” at the top of the editor) button and click on a block you don't understand.
- new50
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Scratcher
22 posts
Scratch code
Just pleaseProgramming was never meant to be simple, and Scratch actually words it in the least complicated way and even has things that other programming languages don't even have, like the Motion Blocks, such as “change x”.No sorry.I just find it diffuclt to actully use the code.How do you do everything with code?Please make it not so diffcult.Please refine your answer. It's too ambiguous.
If you're finding it complicated, use the “Help” (the “?” at the top of the editor) button and click on a block you don't understand.
- cul8er
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Scratcher
500+ posts
Scratch code
What do you actually need help with? The interface? The blocks?Just pleaseProgramming was never meant to be simple, and Scratch actually words it in the least complicated way and even has things that other programming languages don't even have, like the Motion Blocks, such as “change x”.No sorry.I just find it diffuclt to actully use the code.How do you do everything with code?Please make it not so diffcult.Please refine your answer. It's too ambiguous.
If you're finding it complicated, use the “Help” (the “?” at the top of the editor) button and click on a block you don't understand.
- footsocktoe
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Scratch code
How do you do everything with code?Please make it not so diffcult.
In many cases the blocks correspond closely to the words. For example, let's suppose you want to move an apple across the screen, but only if a cat touches it. In Scratch blocks this would be the apple's script…
if <touching [cat v] ?> then
move (10) steps
end
which is almost the same as the words “if this apple is touching a cat then it should move 10 steps”
- AwesomeSmilee
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Scratcher
500+ posts
Scratch code
Wich is just…PlzWe don't know what you mean. Try to explain it more.
- footsocktoe
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Scratch code
How do you do everything with code?Please make it not so diffcult.
Code is not for everybody. You may be someone who can not use it.
Answer this question… What is code?
- cul8er
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Scratcher
500+ posts
Scratch code
Ah, I wouldn't say that code is not for everyone or that only certain people can use it. I mean, 4 yr olds are on Scratch, so it can be learnt or at least used from a young age.How do you do everything with code?Please make it not so diffcult.
Code is not for everybody. You may be someone who can not use it.
Answer this question… What is code?
But it does require some effort on one's part to learn to use the blocks effectively to actually make programs that are interesting or fun, so I guess in some ways code is not for people who don't have the patience for this.
Again, it would be helpful if you clarified your question a little more. Do you have trouble with moving and connecting the blocks? Do you have trouble understanding what the blocks do? Do you have trouble understanding what the icons do?
- _nix
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Scratcher
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Scratch code
By the way, a “link” is the “URL” you can see in the top of your browser bar. For example, when I look at the location bar of this tab:Just my projectPost the link.

..I see that "https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/265012/?page=1#reply“ is the URL here.
Typing all of that URL by hand is annoying! That's why there's the ”copy“ and ”paste“ actions on your computer. If you don't already know how to use them – just right-click on the text you want to copy, for example the location bar, and click on ”copy“; then you can right click and select ”paste" to add the text you copied.
So when you want to add a link to your post, just copy the URL you want and paste it in the alert box:
Tada!
See how the URL began with "https://scratch.mit.edu/…"? If what you copied looks also began with that, you've got a link to somewhere on Scratch.

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All that said, you shouldn't post links to your projects where they don't fit. For example, if a bunch of people are talking about Scratch music projects in general, you probably shouldn't randomly post a link to a Scratch game!

Edit: formatting clarification
Last edited by _nix (June 13, 2017 10:15:56)
- nickeljorn
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Scratch code
You don't even have to use the coding to be good at Scratch. You can learn how to use the Paint Editor here, and if you don't like it, you can find some good alternative options that you can download to your computer in the “Alternatives” section of the article I just linked you to. If you're good at music, you can even try to learn how to use the sound editor. This article gives a good explanation on the basics of the Sound Editor.
Last edited by nickeljorn (June 13, 2017 14:23:26)
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