From this point forward, we're going to be project editor agnostic, meaning you may choose to use the online project editor or the offline editor to work through the projects.

When we encounter software that's unfamiliar to us, it's common to wonder, "Where do I begin?". The Scratch interface looks friendly enough, but the blank page can be a daunting thing to overcome. The rest of this chapter will be spent on building some introductory projects to get us comfortable with the project editor.

If you're not already on the Scratch site, go to http://scratch.mit.edu and let's get started.