After exploring Scratch and attempting to create an animated scene between a dog and a tennis ball, I found that the complexity of programming most interesting. Although Scratch has reduced programming into simple terms and can be used virtually be anyone, it still seems complicated and very precise. For me, it took several runs of trial and error to reach a very simple and short outcome. Not to mention the project looks very amateur and basic as if a child has created it. I can imagine that it would take lots of time and practice to create a project that tells a story or is a game and that the easiest way to figure it out would be messing around with the different features. Scratch attempts to create a friendly interface with blocks that are connected like puzzle pieces but with one wrong move, your project can fail to work the way you want it to. After working with this program, I have only just begun to understand the preciseness needed in programming. Since programming is based on the logic of “if this, then that” it is very important to define each element you want in your project and what you want that element to do and when you want it to do it. Just with this simple exercise, I have gotten a glimpse of how computer programs work and really admire the amazing things programmers have instructed computers to do. At the same time, I find programming very scary but perhaps with some practice and with the creation of simple projects on Scratch it won’t seem so bad anymore…
My attempts at programming…
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