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 is a small, low-cost IoT platform targeting schools, but it’s also a handy way to learn programming, especially Python. The platform is based a Nordic nRF52833 SoC.

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.