How to Install Blocky on macOS

Blocky is an open-source program for creating visual block programming languages and editors. Here are the steps to follow to install Blocky on a macOS-based system.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation of Blocky, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your macOS system:

• Node.js (version 10 or higher)
• Git

Installation Steps

1. Open the Terminal app on your macOS.

2. Clone the Blocky repository from GitHub using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky.git

3. Change into the newly created blocky directory using the following command:

cd blocky

4. Install the necessary dependencies using npm by running the following command:

npm install

5. Build the Blocky code using the following command:

npm run build

6. Start the Blocky development server using the following command:

npm start

7. If the Blocky server started successfully, you should see the following message:

> blocky@0.1.0 start /path/to/blocky
> node scripts/start.js

Starting the development server...

8. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000 to access the Blocky app.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Blocky on your macOS system.

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