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Microsoft MakeCode, also known as Programming Experience Toolkit (PXT), provides Blocks / JavaScript tools and editors
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# Technical information about browser support
Visiting [@homeurl@][] requires that you use a recent version of a modern
browser, such as Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera,
or IE11. This is because the editor uses modern web technologies such as [web
workers][] to enable compiling [TypeScript][] in the browser, and includes the
same [Monaco][] editor that powers [Visual Studio Code][].
[@homeurl@]: @homeurl@
[web workers]: http://www.w3.org/TR/workers/
[typescript]: https://www.typescriptlang.org
[monaco]: https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/
[visual studio code]: https://code.visualstudio.com
Most modern browsers automatically update themselves. In some environments,
such as schools, these automatic updates are disabled for security. **We
strongly recommend that you use the most recent version of any of these
browsers**, but if you can't then you must use at least:
| Browser | Minimum version | Release date | Windows | Mac | Mobile OS |
| ------------------- | --------------- | -------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ---------- |
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| Microsoft Edge | 12 | March 2015 | Windows 10+ | N/A | N/A |
| Internet Explorer | 11 | October 2013 | Windows 7+ | N/A | N/A |
| Mozilla Firefox | 31 ESR | July 2014 | Windows XP+ | OS X 10.6+ | N/A |
| Google Chrome | 38 | October 2014 | Windows XP+ | OS X 10.6+ | Android 5+ |
| Safari | 9 | September 2015 | N/A | OS X 10.9+ | N/A |
| Opera | 21 | May 2014 | Windows 7+ | OS X 10.9+ | N/A |
| Mobile Safari | 9 | September 2015 | N/A | N/A | iOS 9+ |
| Chrome for Android | 59 | March 2017 | N/A | N/A | Android 5+ |
| Firefox for Android | 55 | August 2017 | N/A | N/A | Android 5+ |
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Please see which browsers we recommended for use on [Windows][],
[Mac][], [Linux][], or [Raspberry Pi][].
[Windows]: /browsers/windows
[Mac]: /browsers/mac
[Linux]: /browsers/linux
[Raspberry Pi]: /raspberry-pi