DMS Programming Mini-Course

• Start Here: http://scratch.mit.edu/
• Scratch is what we will use to write computer programs in this class.  It's very easy to learn, and with it you can code many things from computer games to simple computer animation.
• Once you're comfortable making programs in Scratch, start going through these different code schools in the following order.
• First, go to Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/cs
• The Khan Academy programming school introduces you to many of the syntax structures and commands that are common to many programming languages. It's a great way to learn how to speak "computer."
• Next, go to Code Academy: http://www.codeacademy.com
• Code Academy is great because it teachers you how to write programs in many popular computer languages, include HTML, JavaScript and Python.  Learn the basics of one language at a time.