What programming language is this in? I love Scratch because each block has a line or two of code and it is awesome for younger kids who are learning how to computer program. I am interested in learning a programming language, and I was curious as to what language Scratch is based off of and if there is any way to view the actual code in your script. Thanks!

Scratch is currently written in Flash. To view the Flash code behind a project, all you need to do is download a project of your choice, replace the .sb2 with a .zip, then un-zip the project, and finally find the .json file in your new folder. That's the project's code!

Anyway, since you said you're interested in learning a programming language, I'd like to recommend Java. If you want to try Flash out first though, there's this nice Programming RPG on Kongregate.

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ErnieParke wrote:

Scratch is currently written in Flash. To view the Flash code behind a project, all you need to do is download a project of your choice, replace the .sb2 with a .zip, then un-zip the project, and finally find the .json file in your new folder. That's the project's code!

Except it's not actually the Flash code. That is the JSON data which the project player loads and runs. The actual Flash code isn't open-source as of yet, so you can't view Scratch's base code.

If you had a way to decompile the file you could, but decompiling code can probably get you in a lot of trouble. Just saying.

Scratch 1.4 was written in Squeak. I cannot say the same for version 2.0 however, as they have not yet released the source code for it yet. You do require Flash Player to use Scratch, however that does not necessarily mean that it was written in ActionScript (Flash's Programming Language); as any program with Flash content will need Flash player to view the media regardless of the language the core site was written in. Whole sites written in Flash, however, will need Flash player to be viewed in its entirety.

@AonymousGuy: As far as I am aware, Scratch is not against the decompiling of the Scratch code. It allows you to view its Source Code (only for v1.4 as of yet), and sets out guidelines for you to adhere to when making changes; but this (according to my sources) is to avoid confusion between your Scratch and the actual Scratch. Other than that you can be reasonably satisfied that decompiling will not get you into trouble when you are given access to the source code!

Good programming languages: Scratch is very good to get you started, but after that it depends on what you want to program. Java is good, as is Python. I started on Flash, but that wasn't easy (I was quite young then)! Start simple is my advice

It's written in Flash.

In my opinion, Javascript is one of the best languages to learn after Scratch, because it has pretty similar syntax, compared to others.

firedrake969_test wrote:

It's written in Flash.

In my opinion, Javascript is one of the best languages to learn after Scratch, because it has pretty similar syntax, compared to others.

True, but then again JavaScript is mainly for web development. But I know what u mean.

hockeystar87 wrote:

What programming language is this in? I love Scratch because each block has a line or two of code and it is awesome for younger kids who are learning how to computer program. I am interested in learning a programming language, and I was curious as to what language Scratch is based off of and if there is any way to view the actual code in your script. Thanks!

Scratch is made in actionscript, and i believe that programming in a different language is quite difficult because the command's are very different and can be confusing, i think you should hold off using another language until you think you can handle it or you at least get better at scratch

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hockeystar87 wrote:

What programming language is this in? I love Scratch because each block has a line or two of code and it is awesome for younger kids who are learning how to computer program. I am interested in learning a programming language, and I was curious as to what language Scratch is based off of and if there is any way to view the actual code in your script. Thanks!

Scratch is made in actionscript, and i believe that programming in a different language is quite difficult because the command's are very different and can be confusing, i think you should hold off using another language until you think you can handle it or you at least get better at scratch

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hockeystar87 wrote:

What programming language is this in? I love Scratch because each block has a line or two of code and it is awesome for younger kids who are learning how to computer program. I am interested in learning a programming language, and I was curious as to what language Scratch is based off of and if there is any way to view the actual code in your script. Thanks!

Scratch is made in actionscript, and i believe that programming in a different language is quite difficult because the command's are very different and can be confusing, i think you should hold off using another language until you think you can handle it or you at least get better at scratch

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desway wrote:

iTweak0r wrote:

desway wrote:

hockeystar87 wrote:

What programming language is this in? I love Scratch because each block has a line or two of code and it is awesome for younger kids who are learning how to computer program. I am interested in learning a programming language, and I was curious as to what language Scratch is based off of and if there is any way to view the actual code in your script. Thanks!

Scratch is made in actionscript, and i believe that programming in a different language is quite difficult because the command's are very different and can be confusing, i think you should hold off using another language until you think you can handle it or you at least get better at scratch

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