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.

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.

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

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.

The Micro Python variant of Python 3 is a from-scratch reimplementation of the language in C, not simply a port of the original CPython implementation of Python.

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