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Flowgorithm

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Paradigm
  
structured, imperative

First appeared
  
2014

Typing discipline
  
Static, strong, safe

Designed by
  
Devin Cook

Stable release
  
2.2 / October 13, 2016

Implementation language
  
C#

Flowgorithm

Flowgorithm is a graphical authoring tool which allows users to write and execute programs using flowcharts. 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.

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Origin of name

The name is a portmanteau of "flowchart" and "algorithm".

Supported Programming Languages

Flowgorithm can interactively generate programs in the following programming languages: As the user steps through the program, the related code is highlighted.

  • C++
  • C#
  • Delphi
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Lua
  • Perl
  • Python
  • QBasic
  • Ruby
  • Swift 2
  • Visual Basic for Applications
  • Visual Basic .NET
  • Multilingual support

    Besides English, Flowgorithm supports other languages. These are:

  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Czech
  • French
  • Galician
  • German
  • Hungarian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Mongolian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Spanish - Mexican and Castilian dialects
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • 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. A function is used to return a string that either contains the singular "bottle" or plural "bottles" depending on the value of the parameter.

    References

    Flowgorithm Wikipedia