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@KasperNS Wait till i make a working prototype, there are some resources but not listed some where
If you want to make it, don't make it in c#, then what did you plan to do? -
@CozyPlanes it's going to be made in some JS framework, since it's a web app. But the project I'm doing, is making a smarthome system, that's built on modules. Like controlling the lights is a module, the TV is another module and so on.
So I want a scratch like system, so non-tech people will be able to make new functions, like "I'll make this button, where the door unlocks, the lights turn on and my favorite music starts playing". At least I think a visual programming style is the best way, to let normal people do it themselves -
@KasperNS js is easy
Go for it
My goal is also making modular but i first need to make a working prototype -
@CozyPlanes yeah it is, my problem is that I'm really more of a backend dev, trying to make a good frontend. And I'm not that good at frontend 😅
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@KasperNS Well seems like a nightmare then
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@CozyPlanes yeah it basically is, but I just discovered Blockly by Google, which is going to make my life much easier
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@KasperNS yeah but i don't get the point using that
I mean it is essentially filling in an excel file and passing to a smart speaker to answer my questions -
@CozyPlanes well for me, that feature is just a tiny thing in a big project, so using some other framework for it makes sense for me
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@KasperNS what is your project?
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@CozyPlanes simply put, it's a smarthome framework. Something that can be as advanced as you want it to be, but also simple enough that my parents can customize it, hence the block style programming feature
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@AluminumChassis yeah
Stackoverflow.
Sooo my friend asked my to become more active on steam and i did something about it! I'm going to be become th...
So.... yeah, making a Scratch clone (with more features) is frustrating and super hard.
Major problems include
- Drag&Drop from listbox to usercontrol - stress level : 3/10
- connect blocks when two blocks are close to each other - stress level : 10/10
- generate live code when there was a change in blocks editor - stress level : 9/10
- write a compiler or some interpreter that converts block code to real c# code - stress level : 10/10
- generate output by calling csc.exe - stress level : 1/10
- make code at least readable - stress level : 7/10
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