Scratch cookbook / Brandon Milonovich.

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Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with Scratch; Introduction; Starting up Scratch; Deleting the default sprite; Adding a custom sprite; Adding a pre-made sprite; Changing the stage background; The Hello World project; Chapter 2: Storytelling; Introduction; Adding words to a sprite; Adjusting the timing; Sprites interacting with other sprites; Basic broadcasting and receiving; Resetting parts of a program; Other fun graphic effects; Chapter 3: Adding Animation; Introduction.

Changing sprite costumesSwitching backgrounds in a story; Adding graphic effects to backgrounds; Keyboard input to a program; Getting the mouse position; Chapter 4: Basic Gaming; Introduction; Creating a moving object; Adding another ball; Object interaction with a background; User interaction with a game; Using mouse control; Keeping score; Objects disappearing; Building a maze; Using the timer; Chapter 5: Spicing up Games; Introduction; Tracking the best score or time; Keeping a high score list; Adding more levels; Chapter 6: Bringing in Sound; Introduction; Playing sounds.

Importing a new soundRecording a sound; Playing drums and notes; Adjusting volume; Fading volume out; Changing the tempo; Interactive note playing; Chapter 7: Integrating PicoBoards; Introduction; Setting up the sensor board; Getting values from the sensor board; Working with the slider; Integrating the light sensor; Integrating the sound sensor; Measuring resistance; The sensor board button; Checking other connections; Chapter 8: Programming to Calculate; Introduction; Generating Fibonacci numbers; Sieve of Eratosthenes; Creating a password generator; Other Scratch calculations.

Chapter 9: Project RemixingIntroduction; Importing parts of other projects; Drawing with the pen; Remixing the pen project; Appendix: Collaboration; Introduction; The online Scratch community; Creating an account; Sharing projects; Sharing Scratch 1.4 projects; Downloading projects; Index.

A practical approach with hands-on recipes to learn more about Scratch and its features. Scratch Cookbook is great for people who are still relatively new to programming but wish to learn more. It assumes you know the basics of computer operation. The methods of using Scratch are worked through quickly with a focus on more advanced topics, though readers can move at their own pace to learn all the techniques they need.

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