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Introduction to programming with Microsoft MakeCode Arcade

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Part 1

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Part 2

Part zero: A history of video games30 chapters

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  1. About the cover

  2. Brief contents

  3. Introduction to Part zero

  4. Hello, world! Introducing MakeCode Arcade

  5. Hello, it’s me! (Or is it I?)—Sprites and your hero character

  6. Which way did it go? Decisions, conditionals, and basic game physics

  7. What’s the score? Variables and data types

  8. Zap! Debugging part 1

  9. I’ve made some enemies—Introduction to object-oriented programming

  10. Debugging part 2

  11. Over … and over … and over again—Loops

  12. Who’s above me? Who’s next to me? Arrays and lists

  13. Better than right-click-duplicate—Functions

  14. Fun name :-) - Strings

  15. Fun name :-) - Tile maps and platformers

  16. What’s your name again? Persisting data

  17. Stranger, danger! Security and privacy

  18. It’s alive! Artificial intelligence

  19. Fun name :-) - Searching and sorting

  20. Where to now?

  21. Appendix - A Blocks style guide

  22. Appendix - Common game structures

  23. Appendix - Stopwatch in Blocks

  24. Appendix - Common game mechanics

  25. Appendix - Advanced graphics

  26. Appendix - Multiplayer games

  27. Appendix - Vector math

  28. Appendix - A template for Blocks games

  29. Appendix - Additional Blocks games (showcase)

  30. Credits and licenses

Part 3

Part zero mark II: Time to type!33 chapters

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  1. About the cover

  2. Brief contents

  3. Introduction to Part zero mark II

  4. Hello, World! I’m typing! Introducing JavaScript

  5. To grandmother’s house—Revisiting topics from a JavaScript perspective

  6. Return of the Jedi—Object-oriented programming basics

  7. ‘Round and ‘round we go—Loops and arrays

  8. Hold this, will ya? Working with GitHub

  9. Our first game—Card game?

  10. Our second game—Tabletop board game

  11. Our third game—Return to arcade games

  12. Our fourth game—Another arcade game

  13. Fun title :-) - Advanced graphics and physics

  14. Fun title :-) - Searching and sorting

  15. Fun title :-) - Introduction to data structures and algorithms

  16. Where to now?

  17. Appendix - A TypeScript style guide

  18. Appendix - Common game structures

  19. Appendix - Stopwatch in TypeScript

  20. Appendix - Common game mechanics

  21. Appendix - Lambda and anonymous functions

  22. Appendix - Filtering and iterating with method calls

  23. Appendix - A template for JavaScript Games

  24. Appendix - Additional JavaScript games (showcase)

  25. Credits and licenses

  26. Bonus chapter: Can I be a computer scientist?

  27. Glossary

  28. Timeline of video games

  29. Acknowledgements

  30. About the author

  31. Colophon

  32. Link codes

  33. Bibliography

Part 4

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