I am trying to figure out if I can use existing extenstions in a custom makecode tutorial. Specifically the Neopixel extension with Microbit.
Is there a way to use extensions in the tutorials space
I have built my custom tutorial with
https://makecode.com/writing-docs/tutorials
The below does not work as the neopixel extension is not enabled in the tutorial.
let strip2 = neopixel.create(DigitalPin.P0, 24, NeoPixelMode.RGB)
For builtin extensions: at the bottom of this file, you can see the packages snippet that indicates the extension the tutorial needs to load. I would expect you just need neopixel there instead of corgio, but I’d have to check. (If you need multiple extensions, just add another line)
For extensions on github: This tutorial I wrote uses an extension that handles almost all of the game logic, so there are just a few blocks the play can customize it with. To get an extension in your project, you’ll want to add a snippet with syntax like the bottom here.
Ill see about updating the docs later to be clear on gow to do this~
Cheers @jwunderl,
I tried the following and unfortunately came up with no extension being loaded.
package pxt-neopixel
And
package neopixel
And
package pxt-neopixel=github:microsoft/pxt-neopixel#v0.6.12
Ahh, forgot that neopixel is in a separate repo; the last one should be working I believe? E.g. example below shows up as https://makecode.microbit.org/beta#tutorial:22058-41215-69115-76860
# Test
## Step 1
Instructions for step 1 of activity 1 here...
```blocks
let strip2 = neopixel.create(DigitalPin.P0, 24, NeoPixelMode.RGB)
```
## Step 2
Instructions for step 2 of activity 1 here...
```package
neopixel=github:microsoft/pxt-neopixel#v0.6.12
```
Cheers for that, I must have had a typo in my test.
That solved the issue I was having 