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==Getting Started==
==Getting Started==


[[Image:Screenshot of "Turtle Art Activity" getting started.png|300px]]
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 10 boxes are created. This is a powerful programming feature. A one dimensional array of variables has effectively been created.
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.  
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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 [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Turtle_Art_Activity_pie_chart.ta]
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)
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