Find out more about the Microsoft MakeCode platform and the micro:bit, plus how you can access free coding training and ...

Micro:bit Educational Foundation has annonced a Python editor for the BBC micro:bit educational single-board computer, “purpose-built to address the hurdles learners usually face in working with the ...

The micro:bit Python editor The final editor choice for the micro:bit is Python, in fact a micro:bit build of MicroPython.

The initial development for Python on the micro:bit started down the road of using Microsoft’s TouchDevelop as a browser-based IDE that would send C++ code to an mBed cloud compilation service.

Getting Started with Micro Python For this project you will need to connect your micro:bit to a Linux machine or Raspberry Pi.

Programming: The BBC Micro Bit is programmed through a web-based editing environment. Editors support Microsoft's Touch Develop language, JavaScript, Python, C++ and Blocks.

It is called the Micro Bit and it was unveiled at this morning's launch of Make It Digital, an ambitious project aimed at getting us all to be a bit more creative with digital technology.

The new Pyboard D-series micro-controller is now available for purchase at a rather hefty price of £43 ($56), offering developers a low-powered device for running programs created with ...