What is scratch programming language? What is scratch software used for?

What is scratch programming language? What is scratch software used for? Scratch Project is a programming software tool designed by Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab,^[1]^.The Main aim of the project is for kids to understand. Programming in a object oriented way so that they can use the computers well and get interactions on it.

The kids of age from 8 were taught to learn scratch for best use of programming and give food to their thoughts in designing games, animations, music, stories and so on.

Scratch is very similar to C and C ++ Language. As the coding are similar when compared. But here in Scratch you have tools like drag and drop options and just program in such a way like a jigsaw puzzle.

You can create your own characters which is available as costumes and can draw and design your own characters as it has its own drawing tool similar to MS Paint.

You can make several platforms and create different Objects as You have an option create a new sprite.

A sprite is nothing but a new object. Each sprite can have its own costumes and coding. So that coding can be done in different platforms (Sprites) and don’t get messed up.

Scratch project have these tools on side bars which are used as the coding blocks. This can be dragged and dropped in script platform.

This is the Scratch window. The sidebar has the tools and the right corner is the output window. And in center we have the script window. Where we can drag and drop the codes in blocks and create the coding.

This software tool is very helpful in understanding programming rather than studying programming language directly.

To make coding in this you have to use your brain and just have to know about the coding block options as how it works and so on. And just simply drag and drop, create your own sprite and costumes and create your own story or create your own game too.

It looks easy but when you start coding it gets complicated but if you learn well you can make great programs and great stuffs.

This programming software is not only for kids can be used by adults too for as most complicated programs cannot be done by kids.