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| ==Getting Started== | | ==Getting Started== |
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− | [[Image:Screenshot of "Turtle Art Activity" getting started.png|300px]] | + | There are several Turtle Art manuals: |
| + | * [http://ht.ly/gqueN] |
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| + | [[Image:New-TA-Repeat-block.png|300px]] |
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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: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. |
| </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',(enter = 13 terminates) [[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Turtle_Art_getnumber.ta]] | + | 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> |