Welcome to the Developing Scratch Extensions Forum!

Paddle2See

This is a forum where extension developers can ask and answer questions about the development of Scratch Extensions.

Scratch Extensions make it possible to connect Scratch projects with external hardware (such as LEGO WeDo or PicoBoard) or sources of information on the web. They add a collection of command and reporter blocks that can be used to interact with a particular device or data source. When an extension is enabled, its blocks appear in the “More Blocks” palette. For more information, see the Scratch Wiki.

Extensions Documentation and Sample code:
https://github.com/LLK/scratchx/wiki

Extensions Distribution site:
http://scratchx.org/

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AonymousGuy

Oh boy.

Welp, now time to ask my question that I had earlier…

cobraguy

:O
Time for me to learn how to make extensions.

Thepuzzlegame

Excited to see some new extensions!

Last edited by Thepuzzlegame (May 12, 2015 22:49:15)

hi!

Critic2100

Nice! I was wondering what this was.

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Really_A

Oh awesome!

MegaApuTurkUltra

Thepuzzlegame wrote:
Excited to see some new extensions!

Same here!

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Znapi

Ooh, something's interesting to do with my life. And a reason to learn JavaScript and use github.
Can't wait to see some awesome extensions. I always wondered about the empty extensions palette.

Rumanti

YEEEAAH!! Great news! A brand new fun coding project for my life!

I'm going to start learning extensions TODAY!
Edit: According to the documentation, Scratch Extensions are easier than Firefox Extensions.. Let's see about that! I'm going to try to put my knowledge to USE!

Last edited by Rumanti (May 13, 2015 06:01:01)

:wq

Prinseskat

Cool!

Last edited by Prinseskat (May 13, 2015 09:18:05)

haha funny kumquat meme

powercon5

nice

Witty signature.

BookOwl

SCRATCH EXTENSIONS ARE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!
Get a hold of yourself, BookOwl

who needs signatures

Znapi

What's the point of creating a gh-pages branch and leaving the master branch empty? EDIT: <–github noob alert

Last edited by Znapi (May 20, 2015 21:51:54)

technoboy10

Znapi wrote:
What's the point of creating a gh-pages branch and leaving the master branch empty?

Because gh-pages creates a github pages url which you need for ScratchX.

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SimpleScratch

Could moderator do a trawl through the Advanced Subforum and move suitable old threads into this one please?

Simon

SimpleScratch

Also, I'm slightly perturbed that this all about online javascript extensions and their is no mention of http offline extensions.

Can I suggest this section is renamed and an offline one created as well please?

Simon

technoboy10

SimpleScratch wrote:
Also, I'm slightly perturbed that this all about online javascript extensions and their is no mention of http offline extensions.

Can I suggest this section is renamed and an offline one created as well please?

Simon

Unfortunately, the offline HTTP extension mechanism is being deprecated. Not sure of a time frame for that though.

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Thepuzzlegame

You should update the “Extensions Documentation and Sample code” link paddle

hi!

3YO

I am new to ScratchX and I have a couple of basic questions.

In general for the extensions that communicate with an external processor, how is that accomplished or where can I find the documentation?
Specifically for the Arduino, how does Scratch identify the com port (on windows) to use and what is the protocol is used ?
Every time I load a project that I saved when connected to the Arduino extension, ScratchX disconnects from the Arduino? If I restart ScratchX, I get reconnected but I still cannot load a project without disconnecting again.
Is there a way to reconnect with the Arduino using a block once it has been disconnected?

Thanks

Znapi

Do the Scratch Community Guidelines apply to .sbx projects? I would expect so, especially if the project is linked to from Scratch.

Last edited by Znapi (May 30, 2015 02:37:05)

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