Blockscript

A typed language that compiles into Scratch files, providing young learners with a bridge between visual block programming and a typed coding environment.

• NOTE: This project is still in a very early stage of development. It is currently unfinished and does not work. Please do not use until this message goes away.

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Installation

1. Download or clone the repository via git clone https://github.com/piano-miles/blockscript.git.
2. Install the necessary dependencies by running pip install -r requirements.txt in your command line.

Usage

1. Write your Blockscript code in the main.bs3 file.
2. Compile the Blockscript code into Scratch code by running main.py
3. The compiled Scratch code will be saved as an sb3 file.
4. Open Scratch and import the sb3 file.

Details

Blockscript files end in .bs3 but can be raw text as well. The Blockscript compiler will compile the project to a .sb3 Scratch file.

Syntax

The syntax is detailed in the syntax files in the examples folder.

Examples

There are currently no examples. The examples will be made available in examples.

License

Blockscript is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause “New” or “Revised” License. See the LICENSE file for more details.