# Scratch

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Scratch coding, MIT Scratch, Scratch blocks

A free block-based [coding](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/code) language and online community for young people, made at MIT. Kids snap blocks together to make games and animations.

**For example:** A [coding](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/code) club starts ten-year-olds on Scratch before moving them to [Python](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/python).

Official site: <https://scratch.mit.edu>

## Connects to (4)

- [Tech stack](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tech-stack): The set of programming languages and tools a product is built with.
- [Code](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/code): Exact written instructions that tell a computer what to do, step by step.
- [Coding bootcamp](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/coding-bootcamp): A short, intensive course that teaches people to write software, usually in months instead of the years a degree takes.
- [Arduino](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/arduino): An open-source electronics platform of small boards and free software for building devices that read sensors and control lights and motors.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/scratch