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Hour of Code 2018

Selected Activity | program a "Homework Excuse Generator"

Remix: Creating a copy of something and using that copy as the base for something new.

Hit the green "Remix" button in the upper right hand corner of the screen to open the web editor (Mozilla's Thimble). Click "tutorial.html", which will provide step-by-step instructions. A handout with the tutorial printed on it is also available during Hour of Code.

This activity covers:

  • HTML (the language of the web, shapes the page)
  • CSS (styles the page)
  • Javascript (makes the interactive parts work)

Selected Activity | create an interactive soundboard

1. Install LiveCode (Windows, Mac)

Further directions appear in the tutorial linked below

2. Create a soundboard app

Follow along with the slides (or the videos, if you need additional guidance)

You will be creating your app using the development tool LiveCode. LiveCode combines a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) user interface with coding to create applications for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, Server & The Web all from the same code. LiveCode uses the LiveCode programming language which is designed to be as close to natural language and speech as possible.