What is Scratch? (PDF)
Have you ever wanted to create your own computer game, animated story, tutorial, or computer simulation of any sort? Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create these kinds of applications. You can run your applications on your computer, or upload them to the Scratch Web site, where others can comment on them and remix them into new projects. In this green paper, based on Programming with Scratch, author Majed Marji provides a quick introduction to get you started with learning this exciting tool.
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