
Swift Playgrounds: Learn to Code with Interactive Puzzles
With cute characters, a friendly interface, and engaging graphics, Swift Playgrounds makes it fun for Primary 5 students to learn the basics of coding. It is an iPad-exclusive app that teaches coding using Apple's Swift programming language.
With many activities, the students can learn the basics of coding - even without any coding experience. In this chapter, the students solved the puzzles using "Functions". Using the previously learned commands, they solved coding problems by combining existing commands to create a new behavior. This resulted in creating their own set of commands which they can run any time they want efficiently.
Each puzzle has a goal to attain—collecting the gems and toggling a switch. These puzzles, with varied levels of complexity and difficulty, tested the students' logical and critical thinking skills. It was more challenging as they were able to create their own set of commands and find the errors to correct their sequence at the same time.
Learning Swift Playgrounds is perfect for engaging students with unique coding experiences while providing various challenges and interactive puzzles. Since it is made by Apple and used by professionals who built many of today's most popular apps, this is a one-of-a-kind learning experience.