Tynker


Tynker is an educational programming platform aimed at teaching children how to make games and programs. Instead of typing the source code, you visually drag blocks of code and snap them together. The visual design and principles are based on the free Scratch, just like Hopscotch and Snap!. Tynker is based on HTML5 and JavaScript, and can be used in the browser without plugins, as well as on tablets and smartphones. Another difference is that Scratch is a free open source project, while Tynker is a commercial product, aimed at selling courses. Tynker offers self-paced online courses for children to learn coding at home, as well as an engaging programming curriculum for schools and camps. It makes it easier for kids to learn coding as it teaches kids coding through creating games like Minecraft, Hour of Code etc.

History

The Tynker company was founded in 2012 in Mountain View, California, United States. With funds raised from angel and institutional investors, Tynker for Schools was launched April 2013, with Tynker for Home the year after. Tynker have reached 32 million students in 50,000 schools. It’s become a student destination during the annual Hour of Code, providing a third of the reported 253,506,039 experiences during that initiative. Tynker has recently partnered with Mattel to offer branded coding experiences with Hot Wheels and Monster High. The initiatives have seen some success, Vedati said: 1 million students have taken part in the Hot Wheels experiences Until 2020 peepy birds was launched. It’s a game similar to angry birds but based on peep and the big wide world. It was developed by a single child using tynker And It became the most advanced game ever made in tynker after knight saves the world platformer game.

Mobile Applications

In July 2014 Tynker was released for iPad and Android The projects can be accessed from both the web and the tablet and used on either platform.