How to start coding and get a badge|certificate

Hello friends, did you know you can get a badge or certificate in some of the stuff you like?

First, let’s go through some coding apps and then check out the ones with certifications or badges

1. Scratch

Age range (6-18)

Scratch by MIT is almost the most popular coding app, I mean everyone knows Scratch or has used Scratch to make a game or build some sort of funny animation, don’t worry if you haven’t used it yet Scratch is gonna be around for a very long time!

Okay so what is Scratch really? You know those funny animations we watch on TV, you can build something close on Scratch!

The best part? You won’t have to type a thousand code in Scratch to create an animation in fact you won’t even have type at all. Scratch is drag and drop! You just have to drag the code blocks like puzzles and fit them to each other and abracadabra2+2=4! you get a program and an animation working! but well working well or not so well now depends on your code blocks

2. MIT Mobile Apps

Age range (9-18)

App Inventor also by MIT let’s you develop applications for Android phones using a web browser, you can test your project real time with a phone and make adjustments.

You can create lots of interesting apps to solve real world problems or even create games, chat apps, maps and many others. Since it is fully a drag and drop app like Scratch, you can start to learn app development with MIT right from the age of 9!

The app inventor interface is quite easy to use, the design area is where you design how your app would look like on a mobile phone while the block area is where you get to program your app, the function of each button, and how they all respond to users interactions

3. Python programming

Python is a high-level programming language that has English-like syntax. This makes it easier to read and understand the code. It is the most commonly used programming language by students all over the world.

With Python you can learn coding using data, variables, arithmetic operators, functions, libraries etc to develop projects like age calculator, ATM application and many more.

Python is a programming language that is particularly good for students wanting to learn how to code.