The third generation of Scratch will focus on mobile devices. MIT Here's some great news for fans of, an extremely popular game that teaches kids the conceptual 'language' around computer programming, using cartoon-y animated characters.
The MIT Scratch team that it will collaborate with Google to create the next generation of the game. This collaboration will first result in a new generation of graphical programming blocks, called, which is an open source project that allows developers to create and share the 'blocks' (or code) of each game with one another, the university said. Scratch Blocks makes it easier to create programming experiences for a wider range of people that will work on a wider range of devices. 'The now has more than 11 million registered members, according to MIT, with 15,000 new members from joining every day, from around the world,' the Scratch team wrote in a blog post. First launched in 2007, Scratch is now in its third generation which has a focus on mobile devices. The move should modernize Scratch's foundations.
Scratch 1.0 was built on Oracle's Java software and, two technologies that have fallen out of favor. But works in Web browsers and on Android devices. Editor's note (June 13, 2017): Updated with additional attribution.