Getting Started with Coding Get Creative with Code!

Getting Started with Coding : Get Creative with Code!
ISBN: 9781119177173
Publication Date: 23 October 2015

When your child is ready to add coding to their creativity toolbox but you're not ready to ship them off to coding camp, Getting Started with Coding helps them learn the basics of coding. This book introduces simple coding concepts over the course of three projects a child can follow to create a computer game, simulation, and design tool. The projects use the MicroWorlds EX tool (a 35-day trial of the software is provided with the book via download), a platform designed specifically to teach coding to young students. The projects include:

* Art toy - a project that teaches how to create graphics and apply code to make the graphics to things
* Traffic Dodge - a game based on the arcade classic 'Frogger' that teaches how to make things that respond to motion and collision commands
* Happy Birthday - a simulation that introduces score-keeping and math into coding

This book is part of the 'Dummies Junior' initiative, a new series extension from the trusted For Dummies brand that is created to appeal to and educate younger readers. The series applies the core For Dummies approach of presenting complicated topics in a light-hearted and non-intimidating way while adding key changes for the unique needs of this audience, including:

* A design that is heavy on eye-popping graphics and focused on the steps to completing a project.
* A small, full-color, non-intimidating package that instills confidence in the reader
* A focus on 2-3 basic projects that sets the student on the road to further exploration