Along the way, Scratch helps programmers learn about loops, conditionals and event-driven programming. Scratch is written in Squeak (more about that in a moment) and is an open source project.

The Raspberry Pi Code Club Book of Scratch Volume 1 has been specifically created to provide an introduction to the block-based programming language.

A new book from No Starch Press, Super Scratch Programming Adventure!: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games makes it even easier to teach your kids basic programming skills.

On May 16, 2009, learn more about Scratch, the free programming tool for kids.

Scratch saves its finished files in its own .SB format, but users can upload their finished products to the Scratch home page with the click of a button, a very Web 2.0 addition.

MIT Media Lab's Scratch 3 programming language is now available to install on Raspberry Pi. Written by Liam Tung, Contributing Writer Aug. 20, 2019 at 5:38 a.m. PT ...

MIT's Media Lab is gearing up for Scratch Day 2009, to introduce new people to their programming language for kids.