I hear this is a coding site, what language does it use?

Apple_Doggy

I'm a beginner programmer and I just got here. I heard all about coding blocks and them being powered by an existing programming language. I'm just wondering about the programming language scratch is based off of so I could probably advance to the actual coding program once I get used to this thing.

That's all, thx!

The_Game_

I'm fairly certain Scratch is coded in Javascript.

ZanterZlox

I think it was…… Javascript? I'm not good at any coding languages outside scratch, so I can't remember them all the time. So, I may be wrong.

Ninja'd

Last edited by ZanterZlox (July 10, 2023 03:46:47)

DifferentDance8

To be more exact, Scratch uses JSX and React (at the very least, to my knowledge)

Apple_Doggy

Sweet! Javascript (or JSX) could probably be my go-to program language in the near to far future! I hear it's easier to learn and get used to. Thanks for the info

medians

FOR PREVIOUS VERSIONS:
Scratch 1.x was made in Squeak (an implementation of Smalltalk). Scratch 2.0 was coded in Adobe Flash.

Apple_Doggy

Interesting. Looks like I have a lot to learn about this site!

scratchcode1_2_3

Apple_Doggy wrote:
(#7)
Interesting. Looks like I have a lot to learn about this site!

Yes, and the main reason for the… what's the word… sudden switch from 2.0 to 3.0 was because the end of Adobe Flash was near, and projects would not be able to run without it. That means they had to rewrite all of scratch again.

medians

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
Apple_Doggy wrote:
(#7)
Interesting. Looks like I have a lot to learn about this site!
Yes, and the main reason for the… what's the word… sudden switch from 2.0 to 3.0 was because the end of Adobe Flash was near, and projects would not be able to run without it. That means they had to rewrite all of scratch again.

Didn’t they have a 2.0 HTML5 ver that they abandoned

scratchcode1_2_3

medians wrote:
(#9)
scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
Apple_Doggy wrote:
(#7)
Interesting. Looks like I have a lot to learn about this site!
Yes, and the main reason for the… what's the word… sudden switch from 2.0 to 3.0 was because the end of Adobe Flash was near, and projects would not be able to run without it. That means they had to rewrite all of scratch again.
Didn’t they have a 2.0 HTML5 ver that they abandoned

I dunno, I haven't heard of that one. You still need to download adobe air or something to get the offline 2.0

gdpr7314264727b19c01a53ed58b

As said above, it's coded in js.
But infact it used to be LogoBlocks.
i think

Last edited by gdpr7314264727b19c01a53ed58b (July 10, 2023 17:45:47)

Prince_Wolf1

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
Apple_Doggy wrote:
(#7)
Interesting. Looks like I have a lot to learn about this site!
Yes, and the main reason for the… what's the word… sudden switch from 2.0 to 3.0 was because the end of Adobe Flash was near, and projects would not be able to run without it. That means they had to rewrite all of scratch again.

Wasn’t it to take advantage of Java script or HTML or something?

gdfsgdfsgdfg

Squeak (1.x)
Actionscript 3 (2.x)
Javascript (3.x)

medians

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
medians wrote:
(#9)
scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
Apple_Doggy wrote:
(#7)
Interesting. Looks like I have a lot to learn about this site!
Yes, and the main reason for the… what's the word… sudden switch from 2.0 to 3.0 was because the end of Adobe Flash was near, and projects would not be able to run without it. That means they had to rewrite all of scratch again.
Didn’t they have a 2.0 HTML5 ver that they abandoned
I dunno, I haven't heard of that one. You still need to download adobe air or something to get the offline 2.0

https://github.com/scratchfoundation/scratch-html5
Also I know I downloaded versions lol and have adobe flash for stuff like this

Last edited by medians (July 11, 2023 02:52:54)

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