Flowgorithm is a graphical
authoring tool which allows users to write and execute programs using
flowchart
A flowchart is a type of diagram that represents a workflow or process. A flowchart can also be defined as a diagrammatic representation of an algorithm, a step-by-step approach to solving a task.
The flowchart shows the steps as boxes of v ...
s. The approach is designed to emphasize the algorithm rather than the syntax of a specific programming language.
The flowchart can be converted to several major programming languages. Flowgorithm was created at
Sacramento State University.
Origin of name
The name is a
portmanteau
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flowchart
A flowchart is a type of diagram that represents a workflow or process. A flowchart can also be defined as a diagrammatic representation of an algorithm, a step-by-step approach to solving a task.
The flowchart shows the steps as boxes of v ...
" and "
algorithm
In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm () is a finite sequence of Rigour#Mathematics, mathematically rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific Computational problem, problems or to perform a computation. Algo ...
".
Supported programming languages
Flowgorithm can interactively translate flowchart programs into
source code
In computing, source code, or simply code or source, is a plain text computer program written in a programming language. A programmer writes the human readable source code to control the behavior of a computer.
Since a computer, at base, only ...
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:
Multilingual support
Besides English, Flowgorithm supports other spoken languages. These are:
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
"99 Bottles of Beer" or "100 Bottles of Pop on the Wall" is a traditional reverse counting song from the United States and Canada. It is popular to sing on road trips, as it has a very repetitive format which is easy to memorize and can take a lo ...
. 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:
*
Alice
Alice may refer to:
* Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname
Literature
* Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll
* ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by ...
*
DRAKON
DRAKON () is a Free and open-source software, free and open source algorithmic visual programming language, visual programming and modeling language developed as part of the defunct Soviet Union Buran program, Buran space program in 1986 ...
* LARP
*
Microsoft Small Basic
Microsoft Small Basic is a programming language, interpreter and associated IDE. Microsoft's simplified variant of BASIC, it is designed to help students who have learnt visual programming languages such as Scratch learn text-based programmin ...
*
Raptor
*
Scratch
**
Blockly, interface used by Scratch to make the code blocks
*
Visual Logic
References
External links
* {{official website, http://www.flowgorithm.org
Visual programming languages
Educational programming languages
Educational software
Freeware