SNAP! (Build Your Own Blocks 4)

SNAP! (formerly BYOB) is a visual, drag-and-drop programming language. It is an extended reimplementation of Scratch (a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab) that allows you to Build Your Own Blocks. It also features first class lists, first class procedures, and continuations. These added capabilities make it suitable for a serious introduction to computer science for high school or college students.

SNAP! runs in your browser. It is implemented using Javascript, which is designed to limit the ability of browser-based software to affect your computer, so it's safe to run even other people's projects, even if you don't trust our competence or good intentions.

SNAP! is presented by the University of California at Berkeley. It was developed by Jens Mönig at MioSoft Corporation, with design input and documentation by Brian Harvey at Berkeley, and contributions by students at Berkeley and elsewhere.

This material is based partly upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1138596. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

SNAP! 4.0 is currently in beta test. Try out the language at http://snap.berkeley.edu/run (the button above).

Need help?

Read the Reference Manual for more details about the language.

Found a bug?

Report it at our Github repository.

Looking for Build Your Own Blocks?

Download BYOB 3.1, the previous version of this language.

Use devices with this language:

Orbotix Sphero guide by Connor Hudson and Dan Gracia
Lego NXT package by Connor Hudson
Nintendo Wiimote package by Connor Hudson
Finch and Hummingbird robots package by Tom Lauwers
Parallax S2 robot package by Connor Hudson
LEAP Motion by Connor Hudson
Speech synthesis by Connor Hudson
Arduino package by Alan Yorinks
Arduino package by Bernat Romagosa/Citilab

Examples:

Converted from Scratch projects:

Converted from BYOB3 projects:

New!

Live Tree by Bill Manaris
Thread Demo usng call/cc
Fractal Fruit Tree by Josh Paley

Teachers, check out the Beauty and Joy of Computing, an AP CS: Principles course using SNAP!.

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