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Scratch My Blocks, Part 2: Tips and Tricks

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Scratch My Blocks, Part 2: Tips and Tricks
5 min3rd4th5th6thTechnology
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Summary

A follow-up with practical tips for naming, organizing, and editing custom blocks once a project has several of them -- keeping a growing project's code easy to read and reuse.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

This video gives tips for keeping custom blocks organized as a project grows.

  1. What naming tip does the video suggest for custom blocks?
  2. Why does it matter if a project has good or confusing block names?
  3. How would you organize the blocks in your own project?

Quick work-a-long

Words to know: organize, edit, rename.

Try it: Rename one custom block in a project so its name clearly describes what it does.