Links and Resources
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Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create stories, games and animations using a drag and drop method.
Book Super Scratch Programming v2 Book Scratch 2.0 Game Development Downloadable Scratch Help Cards CoderDojo Austin Scratch Studio |
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
a standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a style sheet language used for describing the look and formatting of a document written in a markup language. Sublime Text Editor is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. Downloadable HTML,CSS Sushi Cards |
JavaScript is a popular programming language that's built into all the major web browsers and used to make web pages interactive.
Tutorial Try JavaScript Here Downloadable JS Beginner Sushi Cards Downloadable JS Intermediate Sushi Cards |
Python can be easy to pick up whether you're a first time programmer or you're experienced with other languages. Use these links to get on your way writing programs with Python! Book Hello World! Programming for Kids Book Python for Kids from NoStarch Press Downloadable Python Beginner Sushi Cards |
Cloud9 provides a development environment in the cloud that allows developers to get
started with coding immediately and collaborate with their peers. Fork our files from the CoderDojo Austin GitHub page directly on to your workspace. |
CodeCombat is an online game that teaches programming. Students write code in real programming languages. No experience required!
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NEW! Sushi Cards
Advanced JavascriptIn these Sushi Cards you'll be building an app to get information from an Application Programming Interface (API) and display it to your user. Then you'll let them filter the information too. In this project, you'll be using the PokeAPI. It will let you get information about, and pictures of Pokémon to display to your users. Once you're done, it'll look like this:
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Beginner App InventorThese cards are going to introduce you to App Inventor. You're going to get the chance to: learn to build apps for Android phones and tablets, build a quiz that keeps score as the player goes through it. You'll end up with something that looks like this (though you can play around with colors and adding images to brighten it up if you like!).
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Beginner HTML In these mini-sushi pages you will build a website using Trinket. This example is all about the zoo. It will look like this when you are done. After you have learned how to build this site, you can edit it to something that interests you.
You'll need a Trinket account for this project. Get one here. |