Programing Languages

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Using scratch was a fun and difficult experience.  It was my first time using a program like that and creating something of my own from scratch.  I have so many questions about the program to better enhance my project. The difficulties I had in Scratch was timing all my characters together at the right moment.  There are more things I struggled on and didn’t know what most of the blocks did.  It was a complicated time for me due to not having used any programs like it.  I overcame those difficulties by just plugging in the blocks and seeing what they did.  I’m still not a master of the Scratch mechanics, but I’ll continue to tinker with the program and broaden my horizons.  The insight from this program helped me realize the time that is used to create content and put together videos.  I enjoyed it, but not very good at it yet. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/383278826
               My experience in Scratch was much simpler than the program languages in the book.  Scratch made it simple by allowing us to just drag and drop. Being new to the IT field, the Scratch program makes more sense.  The programs in the book will take a bit longer to fully comprehend.
            The four programs from the book is machine language, assembly language, high-level language, and python.  Machine language was the hardest for me to understand.  Having to deal with all 0’s and 1’s. Would definitely need a cheat sheet for all the binary numbers if having to work with this program. The assembly language is a human understandable version of the machine language.  It has the machine language but with things such as input, output, and add. The high-level language is a step up from the assembly language and enables higher programmer productivity.  Lastly, Python is the easiest to use and understand.  It makes it easier to use with the copy and paste ability.  I’m not a master of any of these but will continue to work with them.  In today’s scenarios, using Python would be the easiest.  But I guess if you had to use older computers, going back to the ones that would take up whole rooms then your answer on the easiest program would depend on the time frame.
            I believe Python would be the most popular and the easiest to use.  My answer is supported by the textbook making note of it growing in popularity and being easy to learn.  Being able to copy and paste would save lots of time.  Once you understand the basics, I think it would be pretty easy to run.

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