mattdsteele/getting-started.md

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    Learn to Type!


https://typing.io

Brand new to coding?


Codecademy: http://www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/web
Scratch: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tip_bar=getStarted
App Inventor: http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/

Games


Robo Mind https://www.robomindacademy.com/go/navigator/courses
Lightbot http://lightbot.com/


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    JavaScript

Slide Deck (via @nicknisi)

Tutorials


http://hourofcode.com/kh - Khan Academy
http://hourofcode.com/cdmy - Codecademy
http://hourofcode.com/cc - Code Combat (game)

Exercises


http://jsbin.com/korega - Invite students to fix the bug of the “ball” falling off the lower right corner.
http://jsbin.com/kiraz/ - Version using web fonts and eventing
http://jsbin.com/xukiha/edit?js,output - Circles Bouncing Off Lines
http://jsbin.com/teromu/1/edit?html,js,output - Space Invaders!

Games


http://alexnisnevich.github.io/untrusted/
http://annotated-code.maryrosecook.com/ - Annotated Code Examples (includes Circles and Space Invaders)

Other Web Technologies


http://flukeout.github.io/ - CSS Diner
http://www.thehelloworldprogram.com/html-markup-game/ - Super Markup Man


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    Python

Books


Hacking Secret Ciphers with Python
Program Arcade Games with Python


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    Ruby


Kids Ruby - http://kidsruby.com/ (desktop app)


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    Scratch / Block programming

Tutorials


http://hourofcode.com/frzn - Block based game, Frozen themed
http://lightbot.com/hocflash2014.html - Lightbot, puzzle game
http://studio.code.org/flappy - Make a Flappy Bird game

App Inventor (make Android apps with blocks)


http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/get-started.html


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    Sphero

Apps


Sphero - drive around, basically remote controlled toy
Macro Lab - block-based programming environment. Buggy

Computer Integration


@mattdsteele's sphero library - control using JavaScript, change color via webcam