Flowgorithm
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| Paradigm | Structured, imperative |
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| Designed by | Devin Cook |
| First appeared | 2014 |
| Stable release |
2.5.4
/ June 16, 2017 |
| Typing discipline | Static, strong, safe |
| Implementation language | C# |
| OS |
Windows (planned for OS X and Linux) |
| License | Freeware |
| Filename extensions | .fprg |
| Website |
flowgorithm |
| Influenced by | |
| Flowcharts | |
Flowgorithm is a graphical authoring tool which allows users to write and execute programs using flowcharts. The approach is designed to emphasize the algorithm rather than the syntax of a specific programming language.[1] The flowchart can be converted to several major programming languages. Flowgorithm was created at Sacramento State University.[2]
Origin of name
The name is a portmanteau of "flowchart" and "algorithm".[3]
Supported Programming Languages
Flowgorithm can interactively translate flowchart programs into source code written in other programming languages. As the user steps through their flowchart, the related code in the translated program is automatically highlighted. The following programming languages are supported:[4]
- C++
- C#
- Delphi
- Java
- JavaScript
- Lua
- Perl
- PHP
- Python
- QBasic
- Ruby
- Swift 2 & 3
- Visual Basic for Applications
- Visual Basic .NET
Multilingual support
Besides English, Flowgorithm supports other spoken languages. These are:[4]
- Arabic
- Chinese (Simplified & Traditional)
- Czech
- French
- Galician
- German
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Mongolian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Slovenian
- Spanish - Mexican and Castilian dialects
- Thai
- Turkish
Graphical shapes
Flowgorithm combines the classic flowchart symbols and those used by SDL diagrams. The color of each shape is shared by the associated generated code and the console window. The colors can be changed to several built-in themes.
Example
The image below has the solution for 99 Bottles of Beer. A function is used to return a string that either contains the singular "bottle" or plural "bottles" depending on the value of the parameter.
See also
Other educational programming languages include:
References
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- ↑ "ASEE PSW-2015 Conference Proceedings" (PDF). asee.org. p. 158. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ Kourouma, Mathieu (22 October 2016). "Capabilities and Features of Raptor, Visual Logic, and Flowgorithm for Program Logic and Design". ResearchGate. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Info". Flowgorithm. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- 1 2 "Features". Flowgorithm. Retrieved 2016-01-15.