Description
Book SynopsisThis book will help budding young programmers discover their own creativity. Learn how to develop apps that make the world a better place, plan out the code needed to build them, then hop online to try out your new skills on the companion website. Let's get coding!
Kids Get Coding is a fantastic, hands-on resource for anyone looking to get started with coding. The eight books cover key areas of the KS1 computing curriculum with simple text. Each title contains practical on- and off-line activities that are easy to follow and fun to try on your own or with friends. Guiding young coders through each title is Data Duck - a computer-programming mastermind here to help with hints and tips!
The Kids Get Coding series is written by Heather Lyons and Elizabeth Tweedale of blue{shift} - a company dedicated to teaching children to become active creators of technology.
Other titles in the Kids Get Coding series:
Algorithms and Bugs
Learn to Program
Our Digital World
Staying Safe Online
Games and Animation
Coding in the Real World
Create, Watch and Send
Table of Contents
- 1: Title page
- 2: Contents
- 3: Get started
- 4: What is an app?
- 6: What do apps do?
- 8: Let's code an app!
- 10: Form and function
- 12: What if ...
- 14: Rewards
- 16: Looking for bugs
- 18: Publishing your app
- 20: Apps help people!
- 22: Glossary
- 23: Activity answers
- 24: Index
