Max Wainewright

"Learn all about the computer technology used in modern transportation. Use the algorithms and ideas that control real forms of transportation technology to create your own on-screen vehicles. Six step-by-step projects use the latest version of Scratch, the free online coding program, to help you learn how sensors work, create a hoverboard game, program a drone, and much more!"--

"Learn all about the computer technology used in smart homes and buildings that is making our lives easier and our homes more secure. Use the algorithms and ideas used to control devices within buildings to create your own coding programs. Five step-by-step projects use the latest version of Scratch, the free online coding program, to help you learn about motion sensors and create burglar alarms for your computer that use sound and motion to detect...

"Learn to become a super-coder and make your own games! This book teaches you how to build 20 amazing computer games using Scratch, a free programming language developed by MIT. The games include step-by-step instructions and are split across five levels based on difficulty. With this book, even beginners can become coding experts!"--Back cover.

Introduces the basic principles of coding. Learn how to give instructions and turn instructions into code. Figure out how to debug code, solve problems and use algorithms. Includes basic coding, solving problems, turning instructions into code, logo and scratch. Full-Color Photographs.

"In this exciting book, you will learn how to create your own amazing apps using App Inventor! You will find out how to connect up your computer to an Android phone or emulator. Then you ll discover how to build simple tools and games, and even how to code apps that use a camera. Step-by-step instructions make it easy for you to become an expert app builder!"

Starting with basic coding concepts and using step-by-step instructions, learn all about loops, variables and selection, developing your coding skills further until you can create a website and more. Robot helpers feature throughout to ensure everything is clear. Learn how to use Logo, build games in Scratch, program projects in Python, experiment with HTML, and use JavaScript to make interactive web pages.

Takes coding further by showing how to use selection in coding ('if' statements) and how to use more sophisticated languages like Python. Includes using selection in coding and more advanced programming with Python. All from Max Wainewright, an award winning programmer. Full-Color Photographs.

"Major Kate, Pirate Pierre, Captain Maria and Sir Percival need your help! Prepare for an exciting adventure that will see you saving Planet Zyskinar, searching for buried treasure, finding the Lost City of Gold and discovering the Book of Spells! With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions illustrated in a graphic novel style, this is the perfect introduction to key coding concepts. Through simple and practical tasks such as drawing shapes and...

Sir Percival needs your help to rescue the prince and princess, and find wizard Malvin;s Book of Spells! Prepare for a spellbinding adventure that will see you navigating through the Fearsome Forest, and flying toward the Enchanted Castle on Sire Percival's magic carpet. From drawing simple shapes, to building games, code your own knight adventure introduces essential coding concepts. Using scratch, simple and practical tasks are explained using easy-to-follow,...