How to Code: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Coding

by Max Wainewright

Welcome to the world of computer coding!
Become a master coder, with these step-by-step instructions and robot helpers too!

How to Code teaches you all the basic concepts, including Loops, Variables, and Selection, and then develops your skills further until you can create your own website . . . and more! Learn how to use Logo, build games in Scratch, program projects in Python, experiment with HTML, and make interactive web pages with JavaScript.

Genres: Coding, Nonfiction, Childrens

127 pages, Spiral-bound

Published October 4, 2016

Reviews

[Max · Rating 5 out of 5]

Going through this book with a 9 year old. It's very approachable even without adult supervision or computer knowledge (doesn't hurt if there's an adult who knows programming to help along but it's not necessary). It covers Logo and Scratch, which seem to be good to introduce programming concepts. Scratch exercices especially tend towards making simpler games which is a fun reward and accomlishment for a kid.
Only small negative is that the interface of the Scratch editor has changed a bit since the book so not everything is exactly in the same place or named exactly the same as in the book but it's never very far off.

[Nan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good introduction to Scratch, Logo, and Python. It was a little mind-boggling. The hardest part? Realizing this was a book for kids. Wainewright did keep it simple. The examples and projects seemed spot-on. But - sigh - coding is a rabbit hole that I'm no longer sure I want to fall in.

[Vi · Rating 3 out of 5]

no depth to this book.

[Maria Berg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though geared toward a middle-grade audience, I think this is a fun book for anyone interested in coding basics for several current coding languages.

[Reelika Raimet · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Annika · Rating 4 out of 5]

Söt barnbok om programmering. En hel del nyttig information även för en vuxen nybörjare.

[Teresa Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been looking for a great book on coding for our school library. Many books for children only describe what coding actually is and aid young readers in understanding the way computers "talk". This is an important step, but those books do not TEACH coding. This book teaches and does it in a fun, very understandable way. The page before chapter one tells the reader how to access popular coding languages: Logo, Scratch, and Python (both for a PC and a MAC). It teaches about these coding languages and then gives instructions to start coding basic moves (such as "turn right"), looping, sound affects, adding graphics, debugging and more! This is a fantastic book for anyone new to coding. Now I must politely end this review so that I might go and see if I can code a "swimming fish".

[Željko Filipin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really good book for teaching kids the basics of programming. It covers the basics of several languages. I already knew at least the basics of all of them, except Scratch. I was impressed by Scratch.