Helping Kids with Coding For Dummies

Index

Symbols

1. _ (underscore) symbol, 129–130
2. + command, 75–76
3. == symbol, 170–171, 180–181

A

1. absolute value
   1. using Python, 154–155
   2. using Scratch, 152–153
2. acceleration (mg) command, 327
3. AI2 Companion App, 295
4. algorithms
   1. algorithmic thinking, 9
   2. bigger picture, 347
   3. converting pictures to words, 23–24
   4. defined, 23
   5. maze navigation algorithm, 27
   6. representing
      1. by acting out, 27
      2. by building flowcharts, 28–30
      3. commenting, 31–33
      4. by creating storyboards, 28
      5. by drawing pictures, 27–28
      6. overview, 26–27
      7. using pseudocode, 30–31
   7. searching, 217–220
   8. selection sort, 215–217
   9. sequence, 34
   10. sorting, 202, 215–217
   11. vacuuming algorithm, 23–25
5. Alice, 48–49, 344
6. Allen, Paul, 323–324
7. Altair 8800, 323
8. and logic operation
   1. defined, 177
   2. using JavaScript, 181
   3. using Python, 180
   4. using Scratch, 177–178
9. answer variable, 133–134
10. AP Computer Science courses, 14, 47, 56
11. APIs (application program interfaces), 49
12. App Inventor
    1. entry level, 14
    2. overview, 49–50
    3. Puppy Play Day game
       1. adding components in Design View, 303–306
       2. collisions, 311–312
       3. distributing, 315–316
       4. final score, 314
       5. levels, 312–314
       6. making sprites move, 306–307
       7. random placement of items, 309–311
       8. setting up start screen and variables, 308–309
       9. testing, 314
       10. timers, 312–314
    4. scoping errors, 243
13. App Lab. See Code.org
14. Apple, 17
15. application program interfaces (APIs), 49
16. Arduino, 56
17. arrays
    1. defined, 213
    2. representing two-dimensional data, 213–215
18. Asteroid Blaster project, 94
19. Attribution 3.0, 119
20. Audio Editor app, 118

B

1. BASIC, 9–10, 324
2. Battleship! game, ...