Coding

 Using Scratch was my first experience with any type of coding at all. My daughter loves coding and has taken many classes on it, but I am more into network architecture. I found the scratch website, for the most part, to be very user-friendly. I was at first having some difficulties in understanding how some of the different blocks worked. However, I overcame these obstacles by going through the plethora of tutorials that the website offers. One of the insights gained from using this program was that whatever you tell the program to do is what it is going to execute. I find it similar to when I build networks. If I make an error in a network internet protocol address and point something in the wrong direction, my network most likely will have errors. I found that I had to keep verifying every layer of Scratch to ensure everything was aligned correctly. There are several types of computer languages that you can use: Python, Javascript, and assembly language. All the languages have different inputs for the system you use to understand what action needs to occur. The higher the language level, the more precise you can be with what you want the application or machine to do. I think that each language has its own purpose. Machine language can be used when trying to figure out certain addresses on the internet or figure out a range of internet protocol addresses on a specific network. Other languages can be used to program websites or configure routers, switches, and servers. In my opinion, the most popular language is Python. I have seen that used on multiple websites that I use daily. Mainly, I have seen it used on military websites that require us to either use embedded PowerPoints or testing applications.

Overall, the experience with Scratch and with coding was a learning experience. It is something that I do not do daily and was interesting to learn. As we grow in the class, I think some of the things I have not been taught throughout my network experience will be utilized in my future.

Please see my link below to see my first experience. 

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/525573065