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 ====== Traffic Lights ====== ====== Traffic Lights ======
-Writing ​Traffic Light simulators ​is a excellent educational ​tool+Coding a Traffic Light simulator ​is a excellent educational ​project
  
-Programmers ​can start off simply ​by just creating one traffic light+You can start off by just creating one traffic light
  
-Once that has been achieved, ​programmers ​can go onto extra tasks such as turning it into a pedestrian crossing simulator and adding a red/green person (or walk/dont walk) light+Once that has been achieved, ​you can go onto extra tasks such as turning it into a pedestrian crossing simulator and adding a red/green person (or walk/dont walk) light
  
 Then a button can be added - then a wait light - and beeping sound etc Then a button can be added - then a wait light - and beeping sound etc
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 It is a classic //**low barrier for entry - high ceiling**// project It is a classic //**low barrier for entry - high ceiling**// project
  
-===== Starting Off ===== +===== Example ​===== 
-[[http://​gpblocks.org/​forum/​download/​file.php?​id=302&sid=97a9b0d5292ff7fe490e5c1418991c5f|Example]]+[[http://​gpblocks.org/​forum/​download/​file.php?​id=304&sid=81c1fd9fdb885c10d64be3b0ff024cbc|Download program]] 
 +{{:​starting:​examples:​traffic:​screen00.png |}} 
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 +===== Better Method ===== 
 +The version above contains the least blocks necessary to simulate a traffic light but isn't necessarily the best way to go about it. 
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 +By adding in some broadcast blocks, the program becomes easier to understand and easier to debug if a mistake is made 
 +{{:​starting:​examples:​traffic:​screen0.png |}} 
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