pm21-dragon/lectures/lecture-01/2 - Deconstructing blockly.ipynb

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"# Blockly deconstructed\n",
"\n",
"Consider this [blockly program](https://blockly.games/bird?lang=en&level=2#562ubo).\n",
"\n",
"![blockly-bird](blockly-bird.png)\n",
"\n",
"This is actually a full computer program! When you succesfully complete it, you can see the automatic translation to Javascript. (Javascript is obviously a different programming language than Python, but the important points we can discuss anyway.)\n",
"\n",
"```\n",
"if (noWorm()) {\n",
" heading(0);\n",
"} else {\n",
" heading(90);\n",
"}\n",
"```\n",
"\n",
"if we would re-write this in Python, it would be:\n",
"\n",
"```\n",
"if noWorm():\n",
" heading(0)\n",
"else:\n",
" heading(90)\n",
"```"
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"Let's discuss what is going on here.\n",
"\n",
"(Discussion of computer program, computer, operating system, external world.)"
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"Consider this [blockly program](https://blockly.games/music?lang=en&level=3#juok8w).\n",
"\n",
"![blockly](blockly.png)"
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"The main conceptual new thing is the use of **functions**."
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