I want to learn how to code. Do I have to download Blockly to my computer or do I just use the following website? https://developers.google.com/blockly/

[yeto]

I want to learn how to code. Do I have to download Blockly to my computer or do I just use the following website? https://developers.google.com/blockly/

Also, if you could offer some tips as to the best way to get started it would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,

yeto

[Leys Leys]

What do you call "learning to code"?

If you are new to programming, you will have to start with the basics: Javascript and HTML.

Without that, you can not do anything with Blockly.

[Coda Highland]

To put some better context on this message...

The Blockly project is meant for embedding. It doesn't really have a meaningful stand-alone tool for writing programs. Here we're happy to help you if you need assistance getting Blockly hooked up into a project.

But if your goal is to write a program in a block-based programming environment, then this isn't the right project for you. I would instead recommend looking at MIT Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu) which is based on Blockly. Another similar project is Berkeley Snap (https://snap.berkeley.edu/) which is more powerful and more flexible than Scratch, but it doesn't have nearly as large of a community and I've never seen a Snap book at the bookstore while I've seen several books that teach Scratch.

/s/ Adam

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[Erik Pasternak]

Hi Yeto,

Here are some additional suggestions:

• If you're completely new to coding, there's code.org, Blockly Games, or CSFirst.
• If you want more advanced courses, there's Khan Academy. 
• If you just want some beginner friendly programming apps Scratch (as Adam suggested) or MakeCode are good. 

There's a lot more out there to find as well. Good luck!

On Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 4:15:21 PM UTC-7, Coda Highland wrote:

To put some better context on this message...

The Blockly project is meant for embedding. It doesn't really have a meaningful stand-alone tool for writing programs. Here we're happy to help you if you need assistance getting Blockly hooked up into a project.

But if your goal is to write a program in a block-based programming environment, then this isn't the right project for you. I would instead recommend looking at MIT Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu) which is based on Blockly. Another similar project is Berkeley Snap (https://snap.berkeley.edu/) which is more powerful and more flexible than Scratch, but it doesn't have nearly as large of a community and I've never seen a Snap book at the bookstore while I've seen several books that teach Scratch.

/s/ Adam

On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 8:20 AM Leys Leys  wrote:

What do you call "learning to code"?

If you are new to programming, you will have to start with the basics: Javascript and HTML.

Without that, you can not do anything with Blockly.

Le jeudi 11 juillet 2019 13:29:38 UTC+2, yeto a écrit :

I want to learn how to code. Do I have to download Blockly to my computer or do I just use the following website? https://developers.google.com/blockly/

Also, if you could offer some tips as to the best way to get started it would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,

yeto

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