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Show on a big screenA border of chalk dots can be drawn in a few steps. You can snap the steps as blocks. You can also write them as plain words.
This track is Programming with Blocks III: Bridge to Text.
What you will learn
- Words. Write each block as one plain line.
- Names. Give a repeated group one name.
- Numbers. Hand a number to a named group.
- Reading. Predict what written steps will do.
- Exact text. A machine reads every character. A character is one letter, digit or sign.
Need a quick recap?
- Blocks run in order. Top to bottom.
- A repeat block runs the blocks inside it again and again.
- A variable is a box that holds one value.
- A block inside a block is called nesting.