{"id":400,"date":"2020-04-02T08:16:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T08:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/?p=400"},"modified":"2020-04-02T08:16:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T08:16:30","slug":"coding-at-home-april-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/2020\/04\/02\/coding-at-home-april-2nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Coding at Home: April 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Catch our live stream today at 1pm, where we&#8217;ll be talking about Variables and hopefully seeing some examples of people&#8217;s work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stream: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/thecodehub\">https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/thecodehub<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Variables<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We added a new tool to our toolbox with variables yesterday. They&#8217;re  hugely powerful programming concept that lets us store information that we can use again later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1046\" height=\"244\" data-attachment-id=\"401\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/2020\/04\/02\/coding-at-home-april-2nd\/image-33\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image.png?fit=1046%2C244&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1046,244\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image.png?fit=840%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image.png?fit=840%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image.png?w=1046&amp;ssl=1 1046w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image.png?resize=300%2C70&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image.png?resize=1024%2C239&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image.png?resize=768%2C179&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We learned about the syntax of variables (like we learned the syntax for calling commands and for writing our own commands, called functions). We&#8217;ll dive into the Spirals playground to finish off our introduction to variables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"403\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/2020\/04\/02\/coding-at-home-april-2nd\/image-1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-1.png?fit=2000%2C1548&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1548\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-1.png?fit=840%2C651&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-1.png?fit=840%2C651&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-403\" width=\"533\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-1.png?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-1.png?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-1.png?resize=1024%2C793&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-1.png?resize=768%2C594&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-1.png?resize=1536%2C1189&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-1.png?resize=1200%2C929&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-1.png?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 85vw, 533px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What I really like about the Spirals playground is that it encourages play. Just like the Answers playground, just like our Turtle Graphics playground. If you <em>want <\/em>to explore and experiment, it&#8217;ll make coding that much more approachable. You&#8217;ll want to do more of it, which will make you a better programmer, in the long run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conditionals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>And once we finish exploring Spirals, we&#8217;ll move on to the very start of Chapter 5 of Everyone Can Code Puzzles: Conditional Code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"170\" data-attachment-id=\"404\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/2020\/04\/02\/coding-at-home-april-2nd\/image-2-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-2.png?fit=170%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"170,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-2.png?fit=170%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-2.png?resize=170%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-2.png?w=170&amp;ssl=1 170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 85vw, 170px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Things are getting exciting quick!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See you today at 1pm, Irish time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catch our live stream today at 1pm, where we&#8217;ll be talking about Variables and hopefully seeing some examples of people&#8217;s work! 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