microsoft / microsoft/pxt-microbit
Simulator Input box to simulate serial.readLine()
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Simulator
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
I would like my students to be able to troubleshoot a program that uses the serial.readLine() using the debugger.
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
No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by tracing how the simulator handles serial.readLine() and how the debugger runs programs; determine where student input would need to be supplied and define the expected behavior while paused or stepping.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100