Are we going to get an option to convert and use text based code in our projects, I understand scratch is meant to be simple but I prefer text based code there are probably others who'd like to use text based code too. I just think that it would expand the community of scratch and allow for easier creations for some.

There have been suggestions brought up in the Suggestions forum about this feature many times before, and unfortunately, it is a suggestion the Scratch Team has seen before, thought about, and decided not to implement to Scratch at this time. Here's why:

The Official List of Rejected Suggestions wrote:

2.2 Text-based syntax in Scratch
Some users wish to code Scratch not with the blocks, but with typing code instead (similar to how more advanced programming languages work). Others are interested in an option to view, convert, or download Scratch code to other programming languages. However, the Scratch Team has discussed this possibility multiple times and has decided every time that it would not be beneficial for beginners or teachers.

This suggestion extends to coding, viewing, converting, or downloading Scratch in any text-based language, including BBCode, Javascript, some form of pseudocode, or some other programming language. If you wish to code using another language, then you can learn it on your own, but it would have to be done outside of Scratch. For those who are interested, it may be worth checking out Tosh. It is a text-based programming language that serves as a text editor for Scratch projects.

So it looks like no, we likely won't be seeing text-based coding in Scratch.

E_Equals_EmCeCube3 wrote:

There have been suggestions brought up in the Suggestions forum about this feature many times before, and unfortunately, it is a suggestion the Scratch Team has seen before, thought about, and decided not to implement to Scratch at this time. Here's why:

The Official List of Rejected Suggestions wrote:

2.2 Text-based syntax in Scratch
Some users wish to code Scratch not with the blocks, but with typing code instead (similar to how more advanced programming languages work). Others are interested in an option to view, convert, or download Scratch code to other programming languages. However, the Scratch Team has discussed this possibility multiple times and has decided every time that it would not be beneficial for beginners or teachers.

This suggestion extends to coding, viewing, converting, or downloading Scratch in any text-based language, including BBCode, Javascript, some form of pseudocode, or some other programming language. If you wish to code using another language, then you can learn it on your own, but it would have to be done outside of Scratch. For those who are interested, it may be worth checking out Tosh. It is a text-based programming language that serves as a text editor for Scratch projects.

So it looks like no, we likely won't be seeing text-based coding in Scratch.

Ok, thanks for letting me know, I didn't see that.

Although this is rejected for Scratch, there is a Scratch Mod (modification) that allows this. It's called tosh. http://tosh.blob.codes/

-gr wrote:

Although this is rejected for Scratch, there is a Scratch Mod (modification) that allows this. It's called tosh. http://tosh.blob.codes/

There's also leopard.js (to convert to JS)