What are imports?

Imports are like getting special tools from your friend’s toolbox to use in your own project.

Imagine you're building a tower with blocks, and your friend has some super cool blocks that make the tower stronger or taller. Instead of making those blocks yourself, you can just ask your friend to send them over, and that's what imports are like in programming. They let you use tools or ideas from another place without having to build everything from scratch.

When you write a program, sometimes you need help from other pieces of code. These could be things like math functions, special effects, or even whole games! By using imports, you can bring those pieces into your own code, just like borrowing blocks from your friend’s collection.

For example, if you're making a game and want to use numbers that go up forever, you might import something called infinity, it's like getting a never-ending pile of blocks. You don't have to figure out how infinity works yourself; you just bring it into your game with an import!

So next time you see the word import, think of it as a friendly message from another toolbox, saying, "Hey, I've got something that might help you!"