<s>
Hopscotch	B-Language
is	O
a	O
visual	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
developed	O
by	O
Hopscotch	B-Language
Technologies	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
young	O
or	O
beginner	O
programmers	B-Application
to	O
develop	O
simple	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
simple	O
UI	B-Application
allows	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
blocks	O
to	O
create	O
scripts	B-Language
that	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
when	O
activated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
is	O
through	O
an	O
iPad	B-Device
or	O
iPhone	B-Device
supporting	O
Hopscotch	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
sprang	O
from	O
an	O
existing	O
programming	O
tool	O
,	O
Scratch	B-Language
,	O
where	O
the	O
user	O
drags	O
blocks	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
script	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	B-Application
of	O
Hopscotch	B-Language
wanted	O
to	O
take	O
a	O
step	O
back	O
from	O
Scratch	B-Language
,	O
making	O
it	O
slightly	O
easier	O
to	O
grasp	O
and	O
use	O
the	O
concepts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hopscotch	B-Language
's	O
notion	O
of	O
events	O
,	O
and	O
rules	O
combining	O
conditions	O
with	O
actions	O
,	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
AgentSheets	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hopscotch	B-Language
includes	O
basic	O
programming	O
blocks	O
and	O
functionalities	O
such	O
as	O
variables	O
,	O
sprites	O
(	O
called	O
objects	O
)	O
and	O
text	O
objects	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
features	O
considered	O
more	O
advanced	O
such	O
as	O
self-variables	O
,	O
maths	O
functions	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hopscotch	B-Language
app	O
uses	O
a	O
UI	B-Application
very	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Scratch	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hopscotch	B-Language
Editor	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPhone	B-Device
version	O
only	O
supported	O
viewing	O
projects	O
until	O
early	O
2016	O
,	O
when	O
an	O
update	O
supporting	O
editing	O
and	O
account	O
functionality	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hopscotch	B-Language
iPhone	B-Device
projects	O
play	O
in	O
an	O
iPhone	B-Device
format	O
even	O
on	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
and	O
web	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
can	O
be	O
dragged	O
into	O
and	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
scripts	B-Language
to	O
modify	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ability	O
blocks	O
let	O
one	O
make	O
subprogram	O
blocks	O
to	O
duplicate	O
code	O
in	O
a	O
Hopscotch	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Width	O
is	O
determined	O
by	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
in	O
that	O
trail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drawing	O
blocks	O
in	O
Hopscotch	B-Language
work	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
turtle	O
module	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
allowing	O
art	O
to	O
be	O
coded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hopscotch	B-Language
player	O
activates	O
the	O
blocks	O
in	O
the	O
scripts	B-Language
upon	O
activation	O
of	O
their	O
individual	O
triggers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
web	O
player	O
brings	O
Hopscotch	B-Language
projects	O
to	O
almost	O
any	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
in-app	O
and	O
the	O
web	O
player	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hopscotch	B-Language
Forum	O
is	O
an	O
online	O
forum	O
for	O
discussion	O
of	O
Hopscotch	B-Language
projects	O
,	O
programming	O
help	O
,	O
and	O
Hopscotch	B-Language
app	O
bug	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
