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Scratch Blocks is based on Google's Blockly project. For a full API reference please see Google's Custom Blocks documentation.

Installation

Building

Before sharing with users, we recommend that you build and compress Scratch Blocks. Building requires Python 2 and an internet connection as it uses Google's online Closure Compiler. Once you are ready, you can build by running the following in your console:

python build.py

This will export multiple files including:

blockly_uncompressed_vertical.js
blockly_uncompressed_horizontal.js
blockly_compressed_vertical.js
blockly_compressed_horizontal.js
blocks_compressed.js
msg/js/en.js

These can then be used in your project by updating the HTML of your application:

<script src="blockly_compressed_horizontal.js"></script>
<script src="blocks_compressed.js"></script>
<script src="msg/js/en.js"></script>