Programming merit badge
Earning the Programming merit badge will take you “behind the screen” for a look at the complex codes that make digital devices useful and fun. Without programs, today’s high-tech gadgets would be little more than empty shells. But given clear instructions, digital devices can do amazing things and perform operations that would have seemed like magic to people in the past.
By the time you fulfill the requirements for the Programming merit badge, you will be able to work a little of that “magic” yourself. And you might find yourself joining the legions of young programmers who create so much innovative software. Whatever the need, somebody somewhere has written a program to answer it. You could become that somebody. Happy programming!
GET STARTED PROGRAMMING
Get help with Requirement 5! Select a programming language for sample programs, resources, tips, videos and more. Use the dropdown menu to filter languages by industry.
MERIT BADGE REQUIREMENTS
Visit https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/programming/ for the latest Programming Merit Badge requirements
I disagree! Scratch is a programming language. There is no requirement for ‘typing’ for it to be a programming language. Ladder logic is a programming language and it is programmed in ‘blocks’. Certainly C++ and Python are more useful languages!
This is genuinley fun ngl
4 stars
What about scratch?
Scratch is not a programming language; it simply uses blocks of code. A language is like actually typing. You can try it by learning C++ or Python.
There is no drop down menu what are you talking about???
At the top of the 3 column list, right above the first column, is a drop down that filters the list into the specific programming languages used in say, Animation or Education. It’s easy to see the whole list at once so I was confused for a minute too.
This was a really fun merit badge that I learned a lot from. 10/10 would recommend.
cool merit badge just did it at Rodney Scout Reservation
Are you kidding?
this is the best merit badge ever
This webpage does not show the current requirements from 2024
Thanks for pointing out the error. It should be fixed now. You can also visit https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/programming/ for the latest requirements.
this merit badge is kind of blah
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Just wanted to mention that this is out dated
Golang is missing
Good Merit Badge. It’s a lot of fun! Expand your brain, with price of pain.
what about esoteric languages???
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