This book takes students step-by-step through coding with HTML and JavaScript to build interactive, browser-based games : Noughts and Crosses (or tic-This book takes students step-by-step through coding with HTML and JavaScript to build interactive, browser-based games : Noughts and Crosses (or tic-tac-toe), Snake, Table Tennis, Endless Runner, and Side-Scrolling Platformer game. I found the book very informative, sure to appeal to readers who are into coding. A storyline about a coding club trying to enter a gaming "Hackathon" serves as framework to the projects; readers may relate to trying to defeat rivals who are dismissive of challengers. I look forward to introducing this book to my library's readership.
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This book offers a fascinating look at something central to many people’s lives. It’s up-to-date and timely, making it a good addition to a library’s This book offers a fascinating look at something central to many people’s lives. It’s up-to-date and timely, making it a good addition to a library’s juvenile non-fiction. Complete review at http://cynthiaparkhill.blogspot.com/2......more
It was mid-2015, and I'd been offered work doing web-content editing for a church whose new website would soon "go live" via the WordPress platform. SIt was mid-2015, and I'd been offered work doing web-content editing for a church whose new website would soon "go live" via the WordPress platform. Serendipitously, this book arrived as a present for my birthday. The giver had not been told of my new job; she'd found the book on my wish list, but ah, such fortuitous timing! Since then, I've often had occasion to refer to this book. It's greatly enhanced my ability to keep the website up-to-date....more