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MicroBlocks 2.0: a complete makeover

UD6.215 | Day 2 | 14:15 - 14:35 | Speakers: Bernat Romagosa, John Maloney

MicroBlocks 2.0: a complete makeover
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Abstract

MicroBlocks is a free (MPLv2) VM-based programming language for microcontrollers, with a graphical programming environment inspired in the Scratch and Snap! educational languages, and a virtual machine inspired in the Squeak Smalltalk-80 virtual machine.

In this talk, we present the new 2.0 version of the language and its IDE, with a completely redesigned UI, a new virtual machine with a smaller instruction footprint, lots of bug fixes, a whole new set of libraries and functionalities, and a new community-friendly translation system.

Speakers

Bernat Romagosa
John Maloney
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