Arduino is a very popular platform since its being Open Source in terms of both software and hardware. More and more people want to learn Arduino programming. But once they open the software Arduino IDE to check the samples, the complicated code frustrates them. For those without programming basics, Arduino programming is definitely a big obstacle. Fortunately, you have Mixly – a free, open source, graphical visual programming language software based on Arduino, which will make programming as easy as building blocks.
The Mixly GUI software is developed based on Blockly and Java8, which can run on OS Win7 or above. The Arduino IDE installation file, instructional lessons, and sample code are included in the package.
The main interface of Mixly is concise and clear. Block categories are at left, the coding area is at the center. You can see the buttons to center, to zoom in or out, and to delete at the right side. Then the grey bar at the bottom top is the tool bar including all function menus, and the area at the very bottom, is the message display.
