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                     Mitchel Resnick developed Scratch in the year 2007.



                 Features of Scratch

                 Following are the features of Scratch:

                 •  Easy to understand and learn.
                 •  Tools for creating interactive stories, games, art and more.
                 •  Predefined blocks are snapped together to create the project.

                 •  Its own paint editor and sound editor.
                 Components of the Scratch Window

                 Let us learn about the components of the Scratch window:

                                                                         Go Button
                                 Title Bar    Menu Bar
                                                                            Stop Button



                     Tabs

                                                                                                      Stage Area


                                                                                                      Sprite

                    Blocks                                                                            Script
                    Menu
                                                                                                      Backdrop




                                                                                                      Coding Area




                                                                                Sprites Info Pane



                 •   Title Bar: It is at the top of the Scratch window which shows Scratch version written on the left.
                   The right side of the Title Bar has the three control buttons— Minimize, Maximize and Close.

                 •   Sprite: It is an object or actor that we see on the Scratch stage. The “orange cat” is the default
                   sprite.
                 •   Stage Area: It is the main working area to draw or perform an action. It shows the output of
                   the program.
                 •   Blocks Menu: It contains various predefined blocks that are used to perform specific tasks.
                   These blocks are used to create scripts in Scratch.

                 •   Coding Area: It is the area where we pick and drop the blocks from the Blocks Palette to create
                   a script/program.


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