Tips for using a programming language that requires typing:

Don't.

Tips for using Scratch:

Do.

- Words from our IT teacher

Hes right you know

I really have a pet peeve with Scratch...

It’s so inefficient, all hail the keyboard

Just IT Teacher things...

Kill before it breeds

I don't get it, if you can't type code...how do you even program?🤔

@JKyll by piecing building blocks together in a GUI

The only other thing I can think of, which is essentially the same: UE4 Blueprints

if ot werent so clunky i'd probably use it

Oh heeeell no!

@Krokoklemme Those blueprints sucks as well.
#UnityRocks

ConnectWise Automates scripting engine is worse

When you had to re-read the rant twice to realize that OP actually meant physical typing and not static/dynamic typing of programming languages. 😂🤫

P.S - I’ve only heard of scratch once/twice. Forgive me.

@ir4klis I have a finished full aygmented reality project in scratch using webcam and makeymakey.

However, using unity to make the EXACT same thing was easier.
Drop a dictionary of WebcamTextures, and voila!

I wish you could work with pointers and threads in Scratch.

@Codex404 Don't.

Tips for learning from that Teacher:

Don't

Tips for learning on your own:

Do

@Krokoklemme You can still code in C++ in UE4 and the blueprints can be a good introduction to the logic of coding. I have a few classmates that got into object oriented programming through blueprints, but I do see your point. Mouse Interaction is slow AF, especially when you type 100+ characters per second. Muscle memory is truly amazing.

Edit: Scratch is trash tho.

@BigBadVlad if you move your mouse 10meters per second and can perform 1 trillion mouse clicks in the same time I suppose mouse interaction is faster...

100 characters per second is quite a lot....

@Codex404 Damn. Double mindfart. I meant 100 words per minute (which would mean about 500 chars per minute, meaning about 8 chars per second). It's been a long day 😓

Well the only real application of scratch I know is App inventor and it's forks...
I use it a lot, can make apps for Android and iOS really fast

@RodrigoF Yeah, and speakijg of forks, thunkable is nice as well, having ios support

@CozyPlanes that's what I'm using now, because of the ad sense module :p

@CozyPlanes I didn't say that they don't suck, just that they're similar

#UnitySucksAss

@Krokoklemme

#UnityRocks

@858master App inventor is a visual IDE to make android apps. It was developed by Google and continued by MIT.
Uses scratch language wich is the easiest out there (was created to teach people, specially kids how to program) and you build the gui by dragging items in a visual editor.
And still it's so powerful that you can access all the hardware on your phone.

See also https://thunkable.com

Thunkable is a fork with more support then App Inventor and more extras.

Btw you can upgrade the App Inventor and forks with extensions for anything you need.

Thunkable also offers two supports, Classic and cross-platform. I prefer classic, It's only for Android and it's native. Cross-platform works for both Android and iOS using React(I think).

Thanks for sharing this infromation with me.