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TY - CHAP
T1 - MakeCode and CODAL
T2 - Intuitive and efficient embedded systems programming for education
AU - Devine, James
AU - Finney, Joe
AU - De Halleux, Peli
AU - Moskal, Michał
AU - Ball, Thomas
AU - Hodges, Steve
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018 Owner/Author. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/6/19
Y1 - 2018/6/19
N2 - Across the globe, it is now commonplace for educators to engage in the making (design and development) of embedded systems in the classroom to motivate and excite their students. This new domain brings its own set of unique requirements. Historically, embedded systems development requires knowledge of low-level programming languages, local installation of compilation toolchains, device drivers, and applications. For students and educators, these requirements can introduce insurmountable barriers. We present the motivation, requirements, implementation, and evaluation of a new programming platform that enables novice users to create software for embedded systems. The platform has two major components: 1) Microsoft MakeCode (www.makecode.com), a web app that encapsulates an entire beginner IDE for microcontrollers; and 2) CODAL, an efficient component-oriented C++ runtime for microcontrollers. We show how MakeCode and CODAL provide an accessible, cross-platform, installation-free programming experience for the BBC micro:bit and other embedded devices.
AB - Across the globe, it is now commonplace for educators to engage in the making (design and development) of embedded systems in the classroom to motivate and excite their students. This new domain brings its own set of unique requirements. Historically, embedded systems development requires knowledge of low-level programming languages, local installation of compilation toolchains, device drivers, and applications. For students and educators, these requirements can introduce insurmountable barriers. We present the motivation, requirements, implementation, and evaluation of a new programming platform that enables novice users to create software for embedded systems. The platform has two major components: 1) Microsoft MakeCode (www.makecode.com), a web app that encapsulates an entire beginner IDE for microcontrollers; and 2) CODAL, an efficient component-oriented C++ runtime for microcontrollers. We show how MakeCode and CODAL provide an accessible, cross-platform, installation-free programming experience for the BBC micro:bit and other embedded devices.
KW - classroom
KW - education
KW - embedded systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084177795&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3211332.3211335
DO - 10.1145/3211332.3211335
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85084177795
VL - 53
SP - 19
EP - 30
BT - ACM SIGPLAN Notices
PB - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ER -