Microsoft MakeCode: Embedded Programming for Education, in Blocks and TypeScript
- Thomas Ball ,
- Abhijith Chatra ,
- Peli de Halleux ,
- Steve Hodges ,
- Michal Moskal ,
- Jacqueline Russell
SPLASH-E 2019: Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on SPLASH-E |
Published by ACM | Organized by ACM
Microsoft MakeCode (https://www.makecode.com) is a platform and accompanying web app for simplifying the programming of microcontroller-based devices in the classroom. For each device, MakeCode provides a customized end-to-end experience in the web browser consisting of code editors, device simulator, debugger, compiler to machine code, and linker to a pre-compiled C++ runtime, as well as a documentation and tutorial system. We present an overview of MakeCode and detail the major design decisions behind the platform.
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