{"id":427296,"date":"2017-09-23T21:55:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T04:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-project&#038;p=427296"},"modified":"2023-11-28T10:02:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:02:33","slug":"microsoft-makecode","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/microsoft-makecode\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft MakeCode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/makecode.com\">Microsoft MakeCode <\/a>is a joint project between Microsoft Research and Visual Studio to bring computer science to life for all students with fun projects, immediate results, and both block and text editors for learners at different levels.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For information about the devices that MakeCode supports, see <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/makecode.com\/blog\">http:\/\/makecode.com\/blog<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>We work closely with academia to support research using MakeCode. You can see more about projects using MakeCode at <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/makecode.com\/labs\">http:\/\/makecode.com\/labs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The MakeCode framework is an open source project, and is available at <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/pxt\">http:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/pxt<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Review the MakeCode documentation at <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/makecode.com\/doc\">http:\/\/makecode.com\/docs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some other cool things about MakeCode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MakeCode uses <strong>annotations<\/strong> on <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/typescriptlang.org\">TypeScript<\/a> to define <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/blockly\/\">Blockly<\/a> blocks. You can experience this at <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/makecode.com\/playground\">https:\/\/makecode.com\/playground<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MakeCode uses identical <strong>annotations<\/strong> on C++ to bridge to TypeScript and Blocky. A good place to see this in action is at <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/pxt-common-packages\">http:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/pxt-common-packages<\/a>, which defines a large set of MakeCode device abstractions in C++.\u00a0 This set of abstractions is used across a wide set of MakeCode devices to provide a common programming experience.\u00a0 For an example, see: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/makecode.adafruit.com\/\">http:\/\/makecode.adafruit.com\/<\/a>, which is backed by <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/pxt-adafruit\">http:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/pxt-adafruit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MakeCode <strong>packages<\/strong> can be defined directly via your web browser. 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