Scratch is a visual programming language and online community designed to teach children and beginners how to code. It was developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, led by Mitchel Resnick, with work starting in the early 2000s and a public release in 2007. Instead of typing code, users snap together colored blocks, like puzzle pieces, to control characters called sprites and create animations, games and stories. The site lets people share and remix each other's projects. Scratch is used in schools worldwide and has been translated into dozens of languages, and it has inspired many other block-based tools.
Before and after
- 2003Construction of Three Gorges Dam
- 2003Rose Revolution
- 2003Launch of Mars Exploration Rover
- 2003Creation of Puppy Linux
- 2003Creation of Scratch
- from 2003 to 2006Serbia and Montenegro
- 2003Launch of Myspace
- 2003Release of Virtual International Authority File
- 2003Introduction of East Timor centavo coins
More in Science & technology
- 1945Invention of computer
- 1964Discovery of rutherfordium
- 29 October 1969Invention of Internet
- 18 February 1970Discovery of dubnium
- July 1974Discovery of seaborgium
- 1984Discovery of hassium
The era
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