The Inclusive Coding Environment is a new educational coding tool designed for learners with disabilities. Learners can create code sequences that control the movement of a Bluetooth-connected robot. The Environment can be used with a mouse, touchscreen, or keyboard, and supports assistive technologies such as screen readers. It is a web application that works in the Chrome browser.
To try the latest development version of the Inclusive Coding Environment, visit our development build.
Currently, the Inclusive Coding Environment supports the Dash robot. We'll be adding support for new robots in upcoming releases.
Running this project requires npm and Node.js; once you download or fork the source code, run npm install to get all required dependencies.
npm install
npm start
Runs the app in the development mode. Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser. The page will reload if you make edits. You will also see any lint errors in the console.
npm test
Launches the test runner in the interactive watch mode. We are using the Jest and Enzyme testing frameworks.
npx flow
We are using flow as static type checker. Learn more about flow.
Contributions are welcome! To get started, fork the main repository. In general, we try to always create an issue and a branch for each new change. Branches should be named after the issue number that they address (e.g. C2LC-#). Each commit message should begin with the issue number, and use singular present tense. For example, "C2LC-30: Update the README to include more information about how to contribute".
Accessibility is an important part of our project. If you have any questions about accessibility, please feel free to ask questions. The W3C's WCAG guidelines are a good place to start learning about accessibility on the web.
Before submitting pull requests, please make sure all static type checks and test cases are passing.
The Inclusive Coding Environment is open source software, distributed under the BSD-3 license.