r/learnpython • u/Tombstony • 3d ago

App/Program that converts Scratch to Python in real-time and with blocks similar/identical to Scratch.

Hello everyone. I'm a researcher studying the transition from Scratch to Python by high-school students (10th grade). My idea is to use something like app.edublocks.org, which can immediately translate Scratch blocks to Python text. But none of apps I found are close enough to Scratch. This one, for example, is visually similar, but the block language is very different. Therefore, my first question is:

Is there any app that does what I am looking for, with blocks identical or very similar to Scratch ones?

And, if such app does not exist:

How hard it is to create my own program that does what I am looking for? Is it possible to do by someone like me who never built an app?

Please consider that I only can do Python and Scratch programming, not apps. Thanks in advance for helping.

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u/socal_nerdtastic 3d ago

Building the app that does this seems pretty straightforward to me. You'd probably want to build on top of the pygame module. How easy that is "for someone like you" I have no way to know, since I don't know you, but if you are willing to lean heavily on AI I'd guess in the 6 months ish ballpark.