Extension:ScratchBlocks

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ScratchBlocks Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag
Description	A simple extension for rendering Scratch blocks.
Author(s)	ErnieParke blob8108 apple502j kenny2github
MediaWiki	1.17+
License	MIT License
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net .
Example	https://scratchblocks.github.io - A sample page for experimenting with the Scratchblocks syntax.
Tags scratchblocks, sb
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars

ScratchBlocks is an extension to display Scratch, a programming language created by MIT, in wiki blocks.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called ScratchBlocks in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'ScratchBlocks' );
  

• Configure languages if needed.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

By default, only English Scratch blocks are rendered. Add more languages like so:

$wgScratchBlocks4Langs = ['ja', 'zh_TW'];

Note that the TW is preceded by an underscore, not a hyphen. This variable is accessible through JS mw.config.get("wgScratchBlocks4Langs")

Usage

There are two ways to create a snippet of Scratch blocks, which are nearly identical.

• Use <scratchblocks> before and after your code to create a block level element displaying Scratch code.
• To create an inline-block element (that will show in the middle of the paragraph), enclose the code in <sb> tags.

<scratchblocks>
repeat (5)
  move (10) steps
end
say [Done!]
</scratchblocks>

You can repeat Scratch code in a <sb>forever</sb> loop!

Both tags take a version attribute, whose default value is 3. If specified as 2, the tag will render its blocks in Scratch 2.0 style.

For information on how to write ScratchBlocks code, visit https://en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Block_Plugin/Syntax.

See also

• Extension:SnapProjectEmbed
• Extension:ScratchProject