{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# 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", "```" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Let's discuss what is going on here.\n", "\n", "(Discussion of computer program, computer, operating system, external world.)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Consider this [blockly program](https://blockly.games/music?lang=en&level=3#juok8w).\n", "\n", "![blockly](blockly.png)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "The main conceptual new thing is the use of **functions**." ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3 (ipykernel)", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.11.8" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 4 }