Scratch 3.0, a visual language programming language from MIT Media Lab, can now run on  Raspberry Pi’s Raspbian. OS.

The Pi people have been working with MIT ever since Scratch 3 was released in January to develop an offline, installable version for Raspberry Pi 4.

It’ll probably need a Raspberry Pi 4 with 2GB of RAM..

Scratch 3 offers students and beginners an easy environment to begin coding with the language’s visual ‘code blocks’, as well as paint and sound-editing tools.

Scratch 3 requires installing the latest version of Raspbian known as ‘Buster’, the latest version of Debian Linux that was released alongside the Raspberry Pi 4 in June.

There are also new extensions in Scratch 3 for Raspbian that allows users to create Scratch code to control the Pi’scGPIO pins as well as a Raspberry Pi add-on Sense HAT. This will let users control other devices from the Raspberry Pi.

The Simple Electronics extension offers a way to use buttons and LEDs connected to GPIO pins. 

Acnew Sense HAT extension includes new code blocks that allow the HAT to sense tilting, shaking and orientation; use the joystick; measure temperature, air pressure, and humidity; and use the LED matrix to display text, characters, and patterns.

Raspberry Pi Foundation is also planning on creating software to enable extensions for micro:bit and LEGO devices with Scratch 3.