You get a stage, with cartoon characters, and drag blocks around to control them. Scratch is easy to use, and generally fun. Here’s how to use it to learn programming and coding on a Mac.

(Yes, you probably have to look that up now.) Over the years, I have learned to use different languages on different machines—some too obscure to be mentioned. Over the last 10 years as an educator, I ...

Along the way, Scratch helps programmers learn about loops, conditionals and event-driven programming. Scratch is written in Squeak (more about that in a moment) and is an open source project.

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It doesn't hurt that Scratch is 100 percent free to download and use, either! Kids can install it on Windows, Mac, and Linux machines after downloading from scratch.mit.edu.

Super Scratch Programming Adventure! helps your budding developer learn to use Scratch with a comic book story. Each section begins with a continuing piece of a story that ends by giving the ...

MADISON (WKOW) — Kids had the opportunity to bring their imaginations to life through a computer programming class at the Madison Children's Museum Saturday. Participants learned how to make ...

Raspberry Pi already offers learning paths in Scratch programming, in which young coders are guided through fundamental programming and design skills to create apps, games, and computer-generated ...