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GETTING STARTED WITH BLOCK CODING

Block-based coding uses drag and drop approach. It’s a programming activity to develop
computational thinking. You can use coding instruction 'blocks' to perform a variety of tasks.
To display a message 'Hello World'

To perform the task, follow these steps:

Step 1 Visit the link: https://arcade.makecode.com/, Makecode Arcade opens.

Step 2 Click on 'New Project' . Write the name of your project 'Hello World..!!', and
then click on 'Create'.

The following screen appears:

Blocks are placed here
to execute the steps

Step 3 From the 'Blocks', choose 'Game', and then select 'splash', it will appear on the workspace
as shown:

Coding Tip!

Splash block is used
to display a message
on the screen for
some time.

'' ''

Step 4 Drag the 'splash' block, and drop it in the 'on start' block.

Step 5 Type the message 'Hello World..!!' in the 'splash' block, and the output screen will display
the message 'Hello World..!!'

Hello World..!! Hello World..!!

Well done, you have created your first block code program!

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