A few years ago, the creation of programs and applications was aimed at only a few people with specialized knowledge. Lately, though, programming for beginners has been possible, thanks to software that has been developed, such as Scratch. In this article, you will see how to create your own game in an easy and fun way.
Why start Scratch Coding?
The rate at which jobs in the IT sector are growing is almost twice as high as in other industries, and this is only an indication of work in future new technologies. Researchers estimate that “the digital economy is worth $11.5 trillion globally, equivalent to 15.5 percent of global GDP and has grown two and a half times faster than global GDP over the past 15 years.”
In a few years, programming knowledge will be fully integrated into educational programs for every age. Using coding concepts, it’s possible to design projects that utilize very similar guidelines and rubrics for a digital project, thereby giving students the opportunity to learn about their topic and sharpen their coding skills at the same time. Future human resources, generations Y and Z, will have at their core the digital skills needed to program.
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Following are some of the top reasons to begin learning how to program:
- You will speak the “language” of the future, and you will have more options for access to the labor market. With programming knowledge, you will have a competitive advantage over other candidates for the same jobs.
- Programming does exactly what Steve Jobs was saying — it helps you think — so it allows you to further develop skills like critical thinking and the ability to solve complex problems.
- It helps you develop your creativity and deal with innovative projects by having access to technologically advanced tools and methods when working for any employer in the global market.
- You will be able to deal in almost any industry or even combine different areas of work applications. Sectors such as economics, medicine, content creation, etc., will have an elementary knowledge of code and programming as a prerequisite.
- It will help you make everyone’s life and work easier! Programming finds infinite applications in our everyday life because everything is based on code (e.g., GPS while driving, smartphones, weather applications, shopping, etc.)
Let’s start coding by creating a video game in Scratch 3.0! But, first…
Hey, what is Scratch 3.0?
Scratch is a programming language created in 2007 by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group department of the University of Massachusetts MIT. It is mainly used in education so children can learn programming concepts and start creating with block based coding and get used to designing algorithms and real coding.
Scratch’s environment makes programming for beginners very easy, especially for children. They can create games and animations by moving (drag & drop) commands, which appear as detachable blocks, actually it is block based coding .
A vital element is the large community that supports Scratch, as well as the fact that everyone has the ability to share their own projects on the official website. So the programming for beginners becomes even easier since there is mutual user support.
So far, over 14 million games, animations and music creations have been uploaded to Scratch’s platform.
Let’s start creating the great game Arkanoid!
