Draft:Microsoft MakeCode

Draft article not currently submitted for review.

This is a draft Articles for creation (AfC) submission. It is not currently pending review. While there are no deadlines, abandoned drafts may be deleted after six months. To edit the draft click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.

To be accepted, a draft should:

Show the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article by using multiple sources that meet four criteria. The sources should be (1) reliable (2) secondary (3) independent of the subject (4) talk about the subject in some depth. For some topics, there are alternative criteria.
Be written from a neutral point of view
Respect copyright and do not plagiarize. Do not copy-paste.

It is strongly discouraged to write about yourself, your business or employer. If you do so, you must declare it.

Where to get help

If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews.
If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed.

How to improve a draft

Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia.
Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup
Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references
Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article
Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources

You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article.

Improving your odds of a speedy review

To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags.

Add tags to your draft

Editor resources

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs

Last edited by PassionFruitsWeb (talk | contribs) 5 months ago. (Update)

Submit the draft for review!

Microsoft MakeCode is a free online platform developed by the Microsoft Corporation that allows users to code games, devices (notably the micro:bit), and add features to Minecraft Education. MakeCode is designed to be beginner-friendly, including tutorials and allowing beginners to code in a visual programming language that is based on Blockly. MakeCode relies on the Static TypeScript language, which itself is based on the TypeScript language.^[1]

micro:bit[edit]

The Micro Bit is a small, portable circuit board that is equipped with a 5x5 LED screen and several buttons, along with other sensors. The first iteration, v1, was released in 2014 and included three pushbuttons (one for reset), its own battery, and a 3-axis accelerometer and magnetometer. v2 came in 2020 and came with improved hardware specifications, a microphone, and a speaker.^[2]

Along with the physical board, users could code the micro:bit on the micro:bit website and import it via the provided cable or Bluetooth for mobile devices.^[3]

Minecraft Education[edit]

Coding through Microsoft MakeCode in Minecraft Education can be unlocked through the use of the Agent, an entity built specifically for this purpose. The Agent will open the Code Builder. The menu is similar to the micro:bit website, with the only difference being that there are special "blocks" that can interact and influence the Minecraft world (with permission from the server host).

MakeCode Arcade[edit]

MakeCode Arcade is a platform that is specifically designed for video game creation. It was released to the public in early 2020 after two years of improvements in beta. MakeCode Arcade included coding in Blocks, JavaScript, and Python, and separate tabs for controlling gameplay and scenes, which was a slight modification from the Micro Bit's user interface.

References[edit]

^ "About MakeCode". makecode.com.
^ "micro:bit - Overview". microbit.org.
^ "micro:bit - Let's code". microbit.org.

[1] "About MakeCode". makecode.com.

[2] "micro:bit - Overview". microbit.org.

[3] "micro:bit - Let's code". microbit.org.

[1]

[2]

[3]