New Blockly-Processing tool for kids and beginners

[Andreas K.]

Hi all,

we are developing an interface between Blockly and Processing to introduce kids and beginners to coding. We think it is a very useful tool to get rapid feedback and to produce something very quickly. We'd love to hear what what you think about our project and get recommendations about what to include or how to improve it. You can of course use and share it. The URL is http://p5test.code-it-studio.de/course/step/6/64

Best regards,

Andreas

[stephen Lewis]

Nice project!  Do you mean a connection between Blockly and Javascript/P5, not "processing"?  The Blockly Code should be directly convertible into textual Javascript.  We do this with our hardware extension for Blockly, you press a button and it converts in a window to textual Javascript.

https://deqingsun.github.io/webUSBTest/firmata/blockly/index_editjs.html  Of course you need the FunKey hardware to run these examples, but the idea is the same.

www.funkey.net

Steve

[Andreas K.]

I just wanted to keep you in the loop about our Blockly-Processing tool. We released a new version that adds some features the community suggested:

• new blocks: translate, rotate, scale, push, pop, strokecap, strokewidth, framecount, ...
• projects can be published and shared
• the generated source code can be displayed. This helps with the transition from block- to text-mode editors.
• custom functions and variables
• an auto-run mode, where the image updates as you edit the program
• block tooltips, a help dialog and example projects

Please give it a try. Some shout-out would be very much appreciated.

Best,

Andreas