User Friendly Compile Errors

[cgardnermccune]

When student code does not compile we need a way to send user friendly compile errors and suggestions to help them resolve the issues.

Completing this task will require

• research of common compile errors & common coding errors that student may make
• rewrite common compile and coding errors in child friendly language
• create a view/modal to display compile errors

[rennemannd]

In addition to clarifying existing errors we also need to handle a few compatibility problems that occur when using different generators in blockly. In our case the JS generator can occasionally break if arduino specific code is written in the block space. One notable example is setting digital pins like the following:

Which works perfectly in every case except showing as JS code. In that case the following error appears:

[nionata]

We are currently not alerting the user when the submission failed. When this issue is addressed, we need to make sure to correct this.