Scratch 2.0 File Format
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− | The '''Scratch 2.0 File Format''' saves projects in version 2.0 of the [[Scratch]] programming language. Scratch is a language designed to teach programming to young children. Since the program code consists of graphical tiles rather than text-based source code, a binary format was used for the earlier [[Scratch 1.4 File Format]], but the format has changed with 2.0. | + | The '''Scratch 2.0 File Format''' saves projects in version 2.0 of the [[Scratch]] programming language. Scratch is a language designed to teach programming to young children. Since the program code consists of graphical tiles rather than text-based source code, a binary format was used for the earlier [[Scratch 1.4 File Format]], but the format has changed with 2.0. Scratch 2.0 runs from a web browser, so no installation is needed as with the earlier versions. |
Scratch projects are stored in files with a '''.sb2''' extension. The contents are [[ZIP]]-compressed data, including various items which are part of the project (.[[PNG|png]], .[[SVG|svg]], and .[[WAV|wav]] files, named with numbers). The main item is a file called '''project.json''', in [[JSON]] format. | Scratch projects are stored in files with a '''.sb2''' extension. The contents are [[ZIP]]-compressed data, including various items which are part of the project (.[[PNG|png]], .[[SVG|svg]], and .[[WAV|wav]] files, named with numbers). The main item is a file called '''project.json''', in [[JSON]] format. |
Revision as of 12:45, 10 May 2013
The Scratch 2.0 File Format saves projects in version 2.0 of the Scratch programming language. Scratch is a language designed to teach programming to young children. Since the program code consists of graphical tiles rather than text-based source code, a binary format was used for the earlier Scratch 1.4 File Format, but the format has changed with 2.0. Scratch 2.0 runs from a web browser, so no installation is needed as with the earlier versions.
Scratch projects are stored in files with a .sb2 extension. The contents are ZIP-compressed data, including various items which are part of the project (.png, .svg, and .wav files, named with numbers). The main item is a file called project.json, in JSON format.
Detailed documentation can be found in the Scratch wiki.