Get Coding!: Learn Html, CSS & JavaScript & Build a Website, App & Game

Young Rewired State

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076369276X ISBN 13: 9780763692766

Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA), 2017

Learn how to write HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and build your own website, app, and game! An essential guide to computer programming for kids-- by kids.

Crack open this book and set off on several fun missions -- while simultaneously learning the basics of writing code. Want to make a website from scratch? Create an app? Build a game? All the tools are here, laid out in a user-friendly format that leads kids on an imaginary quest to keep a valuable diamond safe from dangerous jewel thieves. Presented by Young Rewired State -- an international collective of tech-savvy kids -- in easy-to-follow, bite-size chunks, the real-life coding skills taught in this engaging, comprehensive guide may just set young readers on the path to becoming technology stars of the future.

Review:

There's been considerable demand for resources on kids and coding, and this new entry deserves central stage...This appealing guide is just the thing to attract young coders and launch them towards creating their own online content.
--Booklist

Users will learn which programming language will suit their needs as well as some information about historic coders. Overall, this is a nice introduction to programming for upper middle schoolers.
--School Library Connection

This story-based adventure aims to get readers coding....Teachers can rely on this title to make detailed lesson plans, and it could also be the basis for public library summer programs. A fine addition for public or school libraries with small coding programs aimed at advanced beginners.
--School Library Journal

This coding manual from Young Rewired State, a "worldwide community of digital makers age eighteen and under," offers a story-driven course in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript...the programming explanations are clear, and the book's hands-on approach lets readers learn the basics of coding while seeing real-time results.
--Publishers Weekly

A fast, fun way to become a confident, versatile Web coder.
--Kirkus Reviews

Book Description:

Learn how to write code and then build your own website, app and game using HTML, CSS and JavaScript in this essential coding guide for kids from expert organization Young Rewired State.