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

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 ...

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 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++.

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

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.