Page No: 4 Dulwich Despatch
Introduction Have you ever wondered how computer games were made or how artists can make works using code? Well you can learn all of this at Programming Society! In this club, we use a website called Code.org which is teaching us to code games like Angry Birds, Flappy Bird and to make art with code. It’s held every Wednesday lunchtime in IT2 (on the ground floor of the PortaLabs) with Mr Cartwright. The History of Programming Language The first computer program is dated to 1843, when Ada Lovelace translated the memoirs of an Italian mathematician, which detailed how to calculate a series of numbers on an invention called the Analytical Engine. In these early days, computer codes were designed for specific machines and were very basic. In the 1940s, the first electronic computer was made. Because the computers had limited capacity, programmers had to handwrite programming. But after a while it was realised that programming language could be very complex and required a great deal of intellectual effort. John Mauchly invented ‘Short Code’ in 1949, which was one of the first high-level languages ever developed for an electronic computer.
There were still issues here, but over time, people have gradually improved the ways of coding, enabling even more complex programs. Software and websites like Scratch and Code.org, are used in Programming Society, and are very accessible.
Why You Should Join
Computers are the future! It’s cool to be able to program your own games! It’s creative, and you get to learn while having fun!
Join Programming Society TODAY!
Jay Viray, Jameel Kutthan and Samuel Lynn, 7R
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