Microsoft MakeCode: embedded programming for education, in blocks and TypeScript
Thomas J. Ball, Abhijith Chatra, Peli de Halleux, Steve E. Hodges, Michał Moskal, Jacqueline Russell · 2019
Microsoft MakeCode (https://www.makecode.com) is a platform and accompanying web app for simplifying the programming of microcontroller-based devices in the classroom. For each device, MakeCode provides a customized end-to-end experience in the web browser consisting of code editors, device simulator, debugger, compiler to machine code, and linker to a pre-compiled C++ runtime, as well as a documentation and tutorial system. We present an overview of MakeCode and detail the major design decisions behind the platform.