Learn to Program with Small Basic

5DRAWING SHAPES WITH TURTLE GRAPHICS

In Chapter 3 you learned how to draw pictures using code, but in Small Basic you can program a friendly turtle to draw pictures for you! In this chapter, you’ll explore the Turtle object. You’ll also learn how to use a For loop to repeat lines of code a set number of times to draw beautiful designs.

Meet the Turtle

Enter this statement in the Small Basic Editor:

Turtle.Show()

Now click Run. Presto! A turtle should appear in the center of the graphics window (Figure 5-1), waiting for your commands.

Figure 5-1: ...