visual programming environment
nounA visual programming environment is a computer program where you build things by dragging and connecting colorful blocks instead of typing words.
In the visual programming environment, she made a cartoon cat dance by snapping blocks together.
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2. A software workspace where programs are made by connecting icons or diagrams rather than writing text code.
Engineers used a visual programming environment to design the robot's movement paths.
3. A learning tool that teaches coding ideas through pictures and blocks.
The school uses a visual programming environment to introduce kids to loops and logic.
4. A development setting where data flows are shown as connected nodes on a screen.
The artist built an interactive light show inside a visual programming environment.