Christopher Pitt
Writer and coder, working at ringier.co.za
3 sneaky ways
to get into coding
Minecraft
- released November 2011
- owned by Microsoft
- open world sandbox
- collect resources
- evade zombies
- build things
Electronics
3 inputs -> 8 outputs
binary
000
001
010
011
100
101
110
111
decimal
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Demo!
LEGO
Boost
- expensive
- neat programming interface
- build different things
Power Functions
- less expensive
- hackable
- works well with Arduino
Programming Boost
Arduino
Demo!
Game dev
Making Games with JavaScript
Scratch
Thanks
3 Sneaky Ways To Get Into Coding
By Christopher Pitt
