The video game we’re making art for will have you controlling a dog trying to catch treats being tossed to it and avoid yucky things being tossed to it. In this session,…
Category: Tutorials & Curriculum
Content created by CoderDojo mentors to help kids follow along at Dojo and follow up at home.
Making Games with Python – Chapter Notes from Greg
Follow the instructions in the book to get Python 3.5 installed. Chapter 1 Chapter 1 is all about getting Python installed on your laptop. Notes for Windows Users Install the latest version…
Pumpkin Carving in Java
Students in mentor Unmesh’s class on Halloween asked if he could post his slides from the class. Here they are. Pumpkin Carving in Java (PDF)
Javascript Room Lesson 7 Preview: Recursion
Today I’m going to teach a lesson that I’ve taught in the past, but hopefully in a more comprehensive manner: a relatively advanced concept called recursion. Also, I will build something from…
Android Apps Workshop – Final Week
Intro Let’s be honest… It’s been a weird workshop. We took two weeks to get through the first project that was supposed to take a week. I had to cancel the third…
Javascript Reboot Lesson 6 Preview: Functions
Here are some resources for functions: Khan Academy’s lesson on Functions: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/programming/functions Code Academy’s Javascript Functions lesson: http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-6LzGd/0/1?curriculum_id=506324b3a7dffd00020bf661 Code Monster’s Lessons 26-29 (go to the lesson sections): http://www.crunchzilla.com/code-monster This week’s assignment: http://jsfiddle.net/zeroth_hour/bse4srgh/
Javascript Reboot Lesson 5 Preview: Conditionals
Here are some resources for if statements: Khan Academy’s lesson on if statements: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/programming/logic-if-statements/p/if-statements Code Academy’s control flow lesson: http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-qDwp0/0/1?curriculum_id=506324b3a7dffd00020bf661 Code Monster’s If and Comparison Lessons (Lesson 10): http://www.crunchzilla.com/code-monster And this week’s assignment problems: http://jsfiddle.net/zeroth_hour/n6qcaakn/
Javascript Reboot Lesson 3: Loops
Here’s a loop in Scratch: Scratch loops have a “repeat” variable that counts the number of times to repeat the loop. However, Javascript has a way of tracking this variable inside the…
Android Apps Workshop – Week 1
Watch the Livestream Workshop Documentation Cordova is an open source version of the popular PhoneGap framework that lets you create apps for Android, Windows Mobile, and iOS with HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3….
Javascript Reboot Lesson 4 Preview: While Loops and Arrays
Here’s some links to resources for while loops: Code Academy’s Introduction to While Loops: http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-ASGIv/0/1?curriculum_id=506324b3a7dffd00020bf661 Khan Academy’s lesson on looping (again: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/programming/looping And some links to resources on arrays: Code Academy’s Arrays…