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

The first micro:bit was invented by the BBC and partners and launched in 2015, honouring the BBC’s legacy of computing that ...

They are, despite the similar size and similar objective, quite different creatures: for example the Pi can be programmed directly while code for the Micro Bit has to be written elsewhere and ...

The micro:bit has a built-in magnetometer – all you need to get it to display its direction is a little code, the contents of which will handily introduce you both to the handy concept of conditional ...

Learn to codeWe need this preview to check that the code we're writing is working. Across the top are the Play, Compile, Convert and Help options. On the left we have the main code commands ...

The BBC is giving schools a million free micro:bit computers. It hopes it will kick-start a coding revival. This is the inside story ...

BBC Micro:bit will hopefully help kids learn to code, like the BBC Micro before it.

Get coding.” To be honest, it really was that easy. The micro:bit can be coded from any web browser in Blocks, Javascript, Python, Scratch, and other languages as well. I decided to start out with ...

Schoolchildren have used the mini-computers to learn to code The BBC Micro Bit mini-computer - used by millions of schoolchildren across the world - will receive its first major update since 2016 ...

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.