Meaning of visual programming
Pre-Technical Studies · Grade 8 · about 40 minutes
What visual programming is, what a visual programming application is, and how programs already run daily Kenyan life even before Grade 8 writes blocks.
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- 9 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
- Your progress kept across every subject you take
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- Meaning of visual programming
- Types of visual programming applications
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- Feature: processing
- Feature: output
- Effects: sound, animation and background
- Syntax, coding and coding blocks
- Variables and variable declarations
- Input and output statements
- Sequence statements
- Repeat and selection statements
- Sequential instructions and why they matter