Section 1Typing and Running Your First Program in Phrogram

Opening Phrogram 9Phrogram's Toolbar 11The Error Panel 13Phrogram's Menu System 14The Programming Window 15Exercise: Display a Different UFO 18

Opening Phrogram

When you open Phrogram, you see a screen that looks like Figure 1.1. We're going to start by explaining just enough about Phrogram for you to run your first program: one that displays a UFO on the screen.

Figure 1.1 The Phrogram IDE

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A programming environment such as Phrogram is sometimes called an Integrated Development Environment (or IDE) because it presents everything you need to see as you develop your program. Develop is ...

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