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 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.

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

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

The micro:bit is in fact a mbed OS product, so while it is designed to be used by the higher level programming languages like JavaScript and Python, you can in fact program it via mbed in C and C++.

Python Software Foundation The Python Software Foundation will be working with the BBC micro:bit to provide a code editor that will help to teach children the Python programming language.

Developers by no means are stuck with these two boards, but to really customize whatever the hardware that Micro Python will run on, developers need to understand a little bit about what is happening ...