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There is a toggle between blocks and javascript in MakeCode. You can write code in blocks and switch to javascript or vice versa. This dual modality hopefully helps students to make the jump from blocks to javascript on a long term.

Blocks editor is based on the fork of google blockly(https://developers.google.com/blockly/).

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Scratch 3.0 uses Google's Blockly in their new software, for those curious about the similarities. The tech is widely used in many different applications, as evidenced by Microsoft's use of it in MakeCode.

Though I'm not a part of the team and so can't provide much more information beyond an interested outsider, unfortunately. :)

Blocky team member, here. Microsoft and MIT/Scratch have been amazing partners and contributors. We're really excited about Scratch 3.0 and the efforts on Scratch Blocks.

Cool, thanks for the information!

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