microsoft / microsoft/pxt-microbit
A way to enter secrets in blocks extension
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
IOT extensions need a way to enter secrets like password without the blocks exposing it.
Discussion here: https://github.com/microsoft/pxt-microbit/pull/4565
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the discussion in microsoft/pxt-microbit#4565 to understand the proposed approach for entering secrets in blocks. Define the expected behavior for IoT extensions and consider the work complete when passwords can be entered without being exposed by the blocks.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100