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==Getting Started== | ==Getting Started== | ||
[[Image: | There are several Turtle Art manuals: | ||
* [http://ht.ly/gqueN] | |||
[[Image:New-TA-Repeat-block.png|300px]] | |||
Start by clicking on (or dragging) blocks from the Turtle palette. Use multiple blocks to create drawings; as the turtle moves under your control, colorful lines are drawn. | Start by clicking on (or dragging) blocks from the Turtle palette. Use multiple blocks to create drawings; as the turtle moves under your control, colorful lines are drawn. | ||
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File:TA-box-eample.png|Named variables: store a variable in 'box' | File:TA-box-eample.png|Named variables: store a variable in 'box' | ||
File:Namedstacks.jpg|Named 'stacks' of blocks can be reused | File:Namedstacks.jpg|Named 'stacks' of blocks can be reused | ||
File:ActionBlocks.png|When a new named stack is created, a new action block is added to the palette. | |||
File:Collapsestack.jpg|Collapse a 'stack' of blocks to save space | File:Collapsestack.jpg|Collapse a 'stack' of blocks to save space | ||
File:Pushpop.jpg|Store data in the first in last out heap using 'push' and 'pop' | File:Pushpop.jpg|Store data in the first in last out heap using 'push' and 'pop' | ||
File:Turtlearray.jpg|Box names (and stack names) can be boxes, in this case | File:Turtlearray.jpg|Box names (and stack names) can be boxes, in this case (taken from the math-dice project), a one-dimensional array of 11 variables has been created. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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File:Mathoperators.jpg |Math operators including + - * / mod sqrt | File:Mathoperators.jpg |Math operators including + - * / mod sqrt | ||
File:TA-if.png|Logical operations: flow control blocks accept >, <, =, and, not, or as input | File:TA-if.png|Logical operations: flow control blocks accept >, <, =, and, not, or as input | ||
File:Pie2.png|Make pie charts | File:Pie2.png|Make pie charts [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Turtle_Art_Activity_pie_chart.ta] | ||
File:Functionblock.jpg|Use Python functions, (accepts any of the [http://docs.python.org/library/time.html time] or [http://docs.python.org/library/math.html math] library functions) | File:Functionblock.jpg|Use Python functions, (accepts any of the [http://docs.python.org/library/time.html time] or [http://docs.python.org/library/math.html math] library functions) | ||
File:Coordinates.png|Cartesian and polar coordinate grids | |||
File:CM-coordinate-grid.svg|Centimeter coordinate grid (XO only) | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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File:Keyboardinput.jpg|Reading the keyboard | File:Keyboardinput.jpg|Reading the keyboard | ||
File:Keyboard.png|Converting the keyboard output to a string | File:Keyboard.png|Converting the keyboard output to a string | ||
File:Entertermnumber.jpg|Entering a multi digit number, exits with the number in 'box 1', | File:Entertermnumber.jpg|Entering a multi digit number, exits with the number in 'box 1', [[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Turtle_Art_getnumber.ta]] | ||
File:Turtlemouse.jpg|Load the Python block with the sample code <i>push_mouse_event.py</i> to read mouse events | File:Turtlemouse.jpg|Load the Python block with the sample code <i>push_mouse_event.py</i> to read mouse events | ||
File:Printloudness.jpg|Read the microphone | File:Printloudness.jpg|Read the microphone | ||
File:Resistance.jpg|Read sensors plugged into the microphone socket [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/TurtleArt/Using_Turtle_Art_Sensors] | File:Resistance.jpg|Read sensors plugged into the microphone socket [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/TurtleArt/Using_Turtle_Art_Sensors] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||