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


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There are several Turtle Art manuals:
* [http://ht.ly/gqueN]
 
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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: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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