Newry Digital Dojo | Resources for Newry Coders
In this exercise we will create an Android mobile app that displays your current coordinates in the app and shows your position on a map. What are co-ordinates? On a map co-ordinates are measured by latitude and longitude and a number for both these measurements can pinpoint your exact position on earth. What is GPS?… Read more »
We are going to make a game in Scratch where you will try to keep a ball up without letting it fall to the bottom of the screen. An example is shown below: Start by create a new Scratch project Remove the Scratch cat sprite Enable ‘Video Sensing’ by clicking the blue ‘Add Extension’ button… Read more »
We want to end up with a quiz game that asks questions and keeps track of the score Start a new project in Scratch and remove the scratch cat. We would like something to ask the questions so choose a new sprite from the Scratch library. I chose Avery but you can choose anything you… Read more »
For this exercise we will be creating a cool animated logo of your name. An example is below: Scratch allows creating games, animations and stories. Use a Chrome or Chromium web browser and visit Scratch at: https://scratch.mit.edu/ When you first start scratch there will be one ‘Sprite’ (or object) on the stage – Scratchy the… Read more »
The previous exercise used random to choose a random number. In this exercise (also available as a PDF) we choose random words from lists to create custom usernames. This exercise introduces the following concepts: String Manipulation Lists For Loops Type the code below into a new repl.it or use an Python IDE (code editor) such as… Read more »
We would like to expand the code from the previous exercise to allow multiple rolls of the dice without having to re-run the program each time. This exercise introduces the following concepts: Whitespace String Manipulation Functions While Loops If Control Statements To your existing ‘Roll the Dice’ code add the lines below: import random run_prog… Read more »
This short exercise will cover topics relevant to GCSE computing including: Variables Data Types Random Numbers Log in (or register) at https://repl.it Create a ‘New Repl’ Then choose ‘Python 3’ as the language Type the following code into the left pane: import random random_number = random.randint(1,6) print(“The dice rolled: ” + str(random_number)) Then click the… Read more »
This short exercise will cover topics relevant to GCSE computing including: Variables Data Types User Input Log in (or register) at https://repl.it Create a ‘New Repl’ Then choose ‘Python 3’ as the language Type the following code into the left pane: name = input(“What is your name ?”) print(“Hello ” + name) Then click the… Read more »
If you would like to try Python programming without installing Python or an IDE on your own computer you can log in to repl.it, type your code and run it – all from within your web browser.