# Generate flow from code
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/generate-flow-from-code/51787
**Category:** Developing Nodes
**Created:** [3 October 2021 02:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/generate-flow-from-code/51787 "2021-10-03T02:59:52Z")
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### Author:  [@p1swk](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/p1swk)
#### Post date: [3 October 2021 02:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/generate-flow-from-code/51787/1 "2021-10-03T02:59:52Z")
Node-RED creates code from a flow. Is there a way to generate flow from code? This would help me convert a teensy 3.1 routine to tennsy 4.0
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### Author:  [@Gunner](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Gunner)
#### Post date: [3 October 2021 06:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/generate-flow-from-code/51787/2 "2021-10-03T06:25:05Z")
> [@p1swk](#):
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> Node-RED creates code from a flow
Not as I understand it... Node-Red used JavaScript, and JavaScript is an interpreted, not compiled, language. So it basically runs through the code, that makes up each node, as it is needed.
> [@p1swk](#):
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> This would help me convert a teensy 3.1 routine to tennsy 4.0
More explanation on what you are saying might be needed here as the Teensy generally runs C++ not JavaScript.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [3 October 2021 17:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/generate-flow-from-code/51787/3 "2021-10-03T17:51:34Z")
> [@p1swk](#):
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> Node-RED creates code from a flow
Node red doesn't create code at all, node red _is_ code.
I don't see how node red is related to the teensey boards at all.
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### Author:  [@machadotiago](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/machadotiago)
#### Post date: [3 October 2021 23:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/generate-flow-from-code/51787/4 "2021-10-03T23:15:54Z")
Not sure if I understood your question, but in my understanding you want to generate a flow automatically. This for sure can be done, since a flow is basically a json file so, all you have to do is to generate this json file from a different software.
(btw, we do this for all our industrial applications)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [2 December 2021 23:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/generate-flow-from-code/51787/5 "2021-12-02T23:16:42Z")
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