MakeCode and CODAL: Intuitive and Efficient Embedded Systems Programming for Education (Artifact Evaluation)

This artifact allows others to reproduce the results seen in this paper for MakeCode and CODAL, using the BBC micro:bit. The artifact contains an offline build environment for CODAL and MakeCode, allowing evaluators to test and build programs locally. In addition, we also provide espruino and micropython virtual machines to further increase repeatability of our results. Evaluators should download the virtual machine containing all pre-requisite tools, and use an oscilloscope to observe wave forms (used for timing) generated by the micro:bit, and a serial terminal to observe results reported from the micro:bit over serial. Full documentation is available at: https://lancaster-university.github.io/lctes-artefact-evaluation/