Microsoft Make Code is a framework for creating interactive and engaging programming experiences for those new to the world of programming.
The main objective of Make Code is to bring programming to the forefront in a way that is more alluring and friendly. To achieve this, Make Code utilizes the blocks programming model to let those who are new to the world of programming and learn coding concepts easily.
Make Code Arcade is one of the platforms to perform block-based programming.
Using arcade, solution to a problem statement can be implemented using various categories of blocks and the results can be seen side by side on the same screen.
Note: Minecraft is just one of the platforms for block coding. You can use many similar platforms available online for block coding like – Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu/), Code.org (https://code.org/) etc. We will now start a simple block coding exercise on Minecraft platform.
Open the URL
https://arcade.makecode.com in your favorite web browser.
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Congratulations, you have created your first block code program! Now let us do a quiz.