What Is a Procedure?
A procedure is a set of instructions that is grouped together, given a name, and made available for later use. This makes your code easier to read, think about, and change. Ultimately, using a procedure is more powerful. The steps for getting started are fairly straightforward.
Adding a procedure is accomplished through a simple command in the Blocks Editor (see Figure 5.1).
Figure 5.1 Adding a procedure in the Blocks Editor.
Procedures dramatically improve the process of building multistep features into your app. Often an app needs to perform the same action several times or in different circumstances. Creating a procedure ...
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