As a top coding school for kids, we ensure that when children are learning a new programming language they have the right basics. For example, the absolute basics on variables, declarations, data types, input, output, operators, loops, conditional statements, and arrays. Children learning coding with UnicMinds practice multiple programming exercises in classwork and homework during […]
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The user starts with clicking a cookie on the screen and the user earns dollars. Keep clicking the cookie to earn the maximum amount within stipulated time. Step 1: Creating Background for the Game Click on the choose a backdrop option on the bottom right corner as shown below: It will open backdrop options as
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Initially, C originated as the language to write UNIX kernels and most of the UNIX kernels were written in C. Both UNIX and C were developed by AT&T Bell Labs. Dennis Ritchie wrote C between 1972 and 1973 at Bell Labs. In the later years, the language gained a lot of popularity almost to the
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To use the Pen blocks in Scratch, please click on the highlighted image, Add extension button. Click on the Pen extension to add it. The Pen section then appears at the bottom of the blocks menu. From the Pen section, select the pen down block and add it to the start of your program, like
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Any line or flow of execution in an application software is always done by a thread. A thread is a single independent flow or line of execution. All application softwares first starts a process and then the process starts at least one thread called as the primary thread to execute something. If required the process
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Motion blocks are those blocks of code that we use to move or turn the sprites. Motion blocks can be found in the block palette of the Scratch editor, as shown below. We use motion blocks to create motion effects, animations, and other interactions in our games. Moves the sprite by 10 steps forward in
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Control blocks in Scratch look like as shown above in the image. It has different blocks which can be categorised into three sections 👍 Let’s understand wait, repeat and Forever blocks with examples Here in the code shown below, the sprite (cat) says hello after a gap of 3 seconds after the flag is clicked.
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Boolean blocks are hexagonal blocks that are used inside other blocks. Boolean blocks can be either true or false (1 or 0). These are questions that we can say “Yes” or “No”. The shape of these blocks is like an horizontally expanded hexagon. You may have also heard the term Boolean statement, which refers to
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As shown in the below picture, the block palette is the area of the Scratch screen where different script blocks are available. The different types of script blocks include: motion, control, looks, sensing, sound, operators, pen, and variables. It is an area of the graphical user interface located between the stage, sprite pane and scripting
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According to Java standards and common practices, we should declare every class in its own source file. And even if we declare multiple classes in a single source file (.java), still each class will have its own .class file after compilation. For example, even if you have four classes A, B, C, and D written
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