Go Generator about blockly-samples HOT 6 OPEN

Hello, this is a bit old issue, but I started working on a Go generator here : https://github.com/conejoninja/blockly/tree/go

I have a very specific use case in mind: TinyGo + robotics + education. It's strongly biased and with limited language support.

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Blockly assumptions and primitives are optimized for untyped/dynamically typed languages, at the moment, though we have made some progress on this last. That isn't to say it isn't currently possible. We have seen external developers make generators for C and Java.

google/blockly#1494 is a significant blocking issue for broader support.

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It is also worth noting we haven't added a supported language in over three years. The team prefers to see external developers write new generators, we are happy to support and help address concerns raised by them in their efforts.

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I'm transferring this issue to blockly-samples, where we would be interested in seeing a go generator as a plugin (either first-party or third-party). @conejoninja are you still developing your tinygo generator?

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Very excited to find the work by @conejoninja here! I had previously stumbled upon a 2016 effort to write a blockly interpreter fixermark/goblockly and a gopherjs wrapper for Blockly ionous/gblocks.

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@rachel-fenichel I've just seen your comment. I'm still developing it, I was recently a father and development has slowed but I plan to work on it again. The tinygo generator outputs regular go, only most of the blocks are focused on robotics (tinygo drivers) . I would gladly use and contribute to any other go generator available, so I could focus on custom blocks and learning materials.

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