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Arrays of Objects, Intro to JS: Drawing & Animation, Computer Programming Instructional VideoArrays of Objects, Intro to JS: Drawing & Animation, Computer Programming Instructional Video
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Khan Academy
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6th - Higher Ed
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STEM
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Media Length
6:12
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Duration
10 mins
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2013
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Arrays of Objects, Intro to JS: Drawing & Animation, Computer Programming

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Expand your beginning coder's use of objects in programs by looking at examples where you can change code to define and use objects in arrays and pass objects as parameters to a function. All of this leads to a deeper understanding of how to write more effective code.

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javascript, computer code, Computer Programming, coding, computer drawing, animation, technology resources

Additional Tags

programming in javascript, drawing and animation coding, object-oriented programming

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  • Models good programming practices for using objects effectively in JavaScript code

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