What is Blockly?
It is a client-side library for the programming language JavaScript for creating block-based visual programming languages and editors. It is a project of Google and is free and open-source software.
Blockly is a tool in the Javascript Utilities & Libraries category of a tech stack.
Blockly is an open source tool with 12.1K GitHub stars and 3.6K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Blockly's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Blockly?
Companies
Developers
71 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Blockly.
Blockly Integrations
JavaScript, GitHub, Node.js, Java, and CronApp are some of the popular tools that integrate with Blockly. Here's a list of all 5 tools that integrate with Blockly.
Pros of Blockly
1
1
Decisions about Blockly
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Blockly in their tech stack.
Asmitha Raj
I want to build a web application that can use Blockly. Which framework should I choose to do that? One among these? or any other suggestions?
Blockly's Features
- Pure JavaScript library
- 100% client side. No server side dependencies
- Compatible with all major browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and IE
- Highly customizable and extensible.
Blockly Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Blockly?
Swift
Writing code is interactive and fun, the syntax is concise yet expressive, and apps run lightning-fast. Swift is ready for your next iOS and OS X project — or for addition into your current app — because Swift code works side-by-side with Objective-C.
JavaScript
JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
Python
Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.
