Blockly Project
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The Project
According to their site Blockly is: "A library for building visual programming editors."
Evaluation Scoring
July 2017
| Evaluation Factor | Level (0-2) |
Evaluation Data |
|---|---|---|
| Licensing | 2 | This project uses the Apache2.0 License |
| Language | N/A | Languages Include JavaScript (97%), HTMl (1.5%) and Python (1.4%). |
| Level of Activity | 2 | Blockly has had many regular commits both over the short term and the long term. |
| Number of Contributors | 2 | Blockly has a relatively large number of contributors, viewable here. |
| Product Size | 2 | Blockly has thousands of lines of code. For samples, see the files in the section |
| Issue Tracker | 2 | The Blockly issue tracker is quite active, with new issues being opened within hours of writing, and assigned within 1-2 days. (195 open, 341 closed issues). |
| New Contributor | 1 | Blockly has a page with general instructions for new contributors here, specifically mentioning things such as that code must adhere to Google's JavaScript guidelines. However, these instructions are not particularly in-depth or instructive. |
| Community Norms | 1 | There do not appear to be clearly stated norms, however there is a fair amount of evidence that the community communication is professional and helpful on the forums |
| User Base | 2 | here is a fair amount of evidence for an active user-base. Aside from being an easy and accessible program (this is google we're talking about), there is a forum with almost 1500+ user feedback and request threads |
| Total Score | 14/16 | This could depend on your language preference and how much setup you need as a developer. Experienced developer who likes JavaScript? 17. Less experienced developer who only knows C? 14 |
