{"id":10894,"date":"2014-08-30T07:56:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T07:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10894"},"modified":"2014-08-30T08:32:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-30T08:32:39","slug":"new-visual-programming-environment-for-the-raspberry-pi-wyliodrin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10894","title":{"rendered":"New visual programming environment for the Raspberry Pi &#8211; Wyliodrin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wyliodrin.com\/visual2\/img\/v-programming.png?resize=300%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wyliodrin.com\/visual2\/img\/editor.png?resize=560%2C185&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For those of you who don&#8217;t like to write actual text-based code, and instead prefer a visual programming environment, there are only a few options out there, most notably Scratch and NodeRED. There is a new player in the arena called Wyliodrin. This has a similar look-and-feel to Scratch and runs through a web browser. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliodrin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">check out how to install it and how to use it on the official site<\/a>. You can also view an introductory video below. Although you can get a developer account for free,\u00a0a video does mention that you can &#8216;upgrade&#8217; it, so apparently it&#8217;s a chargeable service, but the site doesn&#8217;t contain any details on this, bizarrely.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DU8v8ibFWrM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They have also started to do some video tutorials, one of which deals with feeding data in from Facebook and outputting it to two seven-segment displays. You can see the video below or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCDe4G1RXRYsOEJzXHixutRA\" target=\"_blank\">visit the channel to see more videos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qLnDilQtAzM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you who don&#8217;t like to write actual text-based code, and instead prefer a visual programming environment, there are only a few options out there, most notably Scratch and NodeRED. 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