Turtles: Learn to Code for Fun6.3

Simple commands, deep thinking.
Turtles is a turtle graphics programming app for elementary school students and beginners.
Draw shapes while learning the basics of programming, including loops, variables, and functions.

Give commands to the turtle on the screen to draw lines, create shapes and patterns, and build interactive projects.
Before memorizing difficult syntax, learners can build a program, run it, see the result, and improve it step by step.

Turtles can be used for children’s first programming experience, adult learning, school lessons, coding classes, and workshops.
It also works on iPhone, but a larger screen such as iPad is recommended for creating projects.

Sample projects and related information are available on our website.
https://turtle360.net/

First Steps in Programming:
Turtles is a programming app that helps learners think by combining simple commands.
Starting with basic commands such as “move forward,” “turn right,” and “repeat,” even first-time programmers can quickly begin experimenting and learning by doing.

Learn Programming Basics:
By drawing shapes, learners can understand important programming concepts such as sequencing, loops, conditions, variables, and functions.
Because the result appears immediately on the screen, it is easy to understand how a program works.

Try More Advanced Expressions:
After learning the basics, learners can try more complex shapes, patterns, and fractal drawings.
They can also explore ideas connected to computer science, such as recursion, in a natural and visual way.

Create Mini Games and Projects:
Turtles is not only for moving a turtle. Learners can also create interactive projects and simple mini games based on their own ideas.
By combining the commands they have learned, they can experience the joy of thinking and creating by themselves.

About Turtle Graphics:
Turtle graphics is a programming method where learners give commands to a turtle on the screen to draw shapes.
It was developed in the 1960s for the LOGO programming language, and it is still used today in many programming learning environments.

Turtles is designed based on this idea so that both children and adults can enjoy learning programming.

Acknowledgments:
Turtles was inspired by many programming languages and learning environments, including LOGO, Squeak Etoys, Scratch, Python, and Swift.
We thank the developers around the world who created and nurtured these ideas.

Version History - Added support for French and Spanish.
- Improved multilingual display.
- Reviewed internal processing and improved stability.
- Mac availability has been temporarily paused while we review the Mac version. 6.3 May 10 Now also available on the macOS App Store. The iOS version can run on Apple Silicon Mac.
Bug fixes and improved usability:
- Changed behavior: skips the process when "Repeat 0 times" is selected.
- Fixed an issue where the turtle could be dragged during execution.
- Minor bug fixes. 6.2 09/17/2024 - Bug fixes and stability improvements 6.1 06/20/2022 - Pop-up menu to rename "module" and "turtle"
- Bug fixes and stability improvements
- Change version numbering scheme ( 1.6.0 -> 6.0 ) 6.0 01/26/2022 - Minor bug fixes. 1.5.2 08/23/2020 - Bug fixes and stability improvements 1.5.1 08/17/2020 - Export and Import by AirDrop
- Open website in browser
- Bug fixes and stability improvements 1.5 07/09/2020 - Bug fixes and stability improvements 1.4.1 04/21/2020 - Added Tutorials menu
- Bug fixes and stability improvements 1.4 03/30/2020 The following new functions have been added:
- Global Variables
- "change variable" command
- "show values" command
- Bug fixes and stability improvements 1.3 01/10/2020 - Hide commands when closing menu.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. 1.2.1 12/10/2019 The following functions have been added.
・ Costume command
・ Paint editor 1.2 11/13/2019 Bug fixes and stability improvements. 1.1.1 10/21/2019 The following new commands have been added:
- repeat for sec
- if touching line
- if touch turtle
- if swiping
- direction
- set variable
- start
- stop 1.1 10/09/2019 Bug fix for iOS 13 compatibility. 1.0.8 09/25/2019 - Changed the default language to English.
- Minor bug fixes. 1.0.7 09/09/2019 Minor bug fixes 1.0.6 08/13/2019 1.0.5 06/26/2019 1.0.4 06/06/2019 1.0.3 05/29/2019 1.0.2 05/23/2019 1.0.1 04/29/2019 1.0.0 04/26/2019