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# Blockly Reviews
**Vendor:** Google  
**Category:** [Java Web Frameworks](https://www.g2.com/categories/java-web-frameworks)  
**Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 12
## About Blockly
Blockly is a client-side JavaScript library for creating visual block programming languages and editors.




## Blockly Reviews
  ### 1. good for beginners but slows down the process

**Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Philanthropy | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 07, 2018

**What do you like best about Blockly?**

I like the user interface and inviting colours and layout.  I  appreciate that they are trying to get more people into app development by attempting to simplify the process.  However, I feel like they may have missed the mark.  I do like the vision behind the product in wanting an easy to use web/app development tool

**What do you dislike about Blockly?**

I dislike that for someone who is an experienced programmer, this is a much slower process than actually typing out all the code.  I find it harder to visualize than code written in easy straight lines.  

**Recommendations to others considering Blockly:**

I would look at directly learning to code or to find a  more recent program to use other than this one.  It did not work out well for us and I suspect it hasnt worked well for most users. I did not find the blocks very visually friendly however yes the colours were appealing.  For others, try something else first and use this as a last resort if needed, 

**What problems is Blockly solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We attempted to solve the problem  of helping new developers with less coding experience to use the building blocks and create apps.  This did not solve our problems and instead created more.  Instead of teaching people the basics of coding in a specific language, they struggled with the blocks and then could not fix the code once it was synthesized.


## Blockly Discussions
  - [cost of blockly](https://www.g2.com/discussions/51645-cost-of-blockly) - 1 upvote

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