Looking to add custom Javascript code as an extension to Microsoft MakeCode? This guide is for you:
This guide will teach you how to package code and blocks for the MakeCode editors and surface them into the Extensions dialog.
Extensions are GitHub repositories that can be imported into MakeCode projects. Extensions can add blocks, JavaScript and even new editor functionalies.
You have been using MakeCode and you have some nifty code that you’d like to share across project or with other users.
MakeCode is a web-based code editor where you can program your Circuit Playground Express using drag-and-drop blocks or JavaScript.
If you are not familiar with MakeCode, we recommend trying it out before starting.
While MakeCode supports block programming and JavaScript, extensions are exclusively authored in “JavaScript”, which is really Static TypeScript.
If you are still learning about JavaScript in MakeCode, we recommend you write your program in block code, switch to JavaScript, and try learning this language one step at a time :).
Extensions are stored as repositories on GitHub. You do not need to be a Git guru to use this!
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Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
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