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  Sample  code and assignments taken directly from the open source teachers
  manual
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# Pencil Code Intro

Programming languages communicate instructions to a computer in a language that can be understood by BOTH Humans and Computers&#x20;

Programming Basics: Code Executes from the top to the bottom and the computer will do EXACTLY what you have told it to do.

We will start off programming in the IDE PencilCode in coffescript

{% embed url="https://pencilcode.net/edit/intro" %}

Create an account using this username (otherwise it won't be graded)

### Username:DHS1122020FLastname

### Password: MCPSS password to access the computer each day



