Re: [python-uk] Volunteers needed test/break the ALPHA Python micro:bit blocks

2017-03-08 Thread Russel Winder
On Tue, 2017-03-07 at 11:39 +, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > […] > Nope, it's nothing to do with PXT (created by Microsoft from their > TouchDevelop platform). What they do share is a re-use of Google's > Blockly project to make the blocks work. The other thing they share > is > they target th

Re: [python-uk] Volunteers needed test/break the ALPHA Python micro:bit blocks

2017-03-07 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
On 07/03/17 10:18, William Mayor wrote: > Is there anything we could take a crack at? > Careful what you ask for. ;-) I was really impressed by your student's work. Please let me know when you do it again - I'd love to see what they get up to. In terms of what you could do, it's a bit of a long

Re: [python-uk] Volunteers needed test/break the ALPHA Python micro:bit blocks

2017-03-07 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
On 07/03/17 10:34, Russel Winder wrote: > Is this related to or different from the Microsoft micro:bit > programming environment – which I saw at NorDevCon a couple of weeks > back and it is quite good. > Nope, it's nothing to do with PXT (created by Microsoft from their TouchDevelop platform). W

Re: [python-uk] Volunteers needed test/break the ALPHA Python micro:bit blocks

2017-03-07 Thread Russel Winder
On Mon, 2017-03-06 at 19:09 +, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Several of us have been busy hacking together a blockly based UI for > MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit (thanks Carlos). > Is this related to or different from the Microsoft micro:bit programming environment – which I

Re: [python-uk] Volunteers needed test/break the ALPHA Python micro:bit blocks

2017-03-07 Thread Steve Holden
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:18 AM, William Mayor wrote: > Thanks for your work on this BTW! Having MicroPython on the bits is lovely! > +1,000 Steve Holden ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-u

Re: [python-uk] Volunteers needed test/break the ALPHA Python micro:bit blocks

2017-03-07 Thread William Mayor
Hi N! Towards the end of this month I’m running a week-long computer science course for A-level students. We take on some challenges to explore during the week. Something here could make for a good challenge I think. You might remember that last year (in Dec) we made an attempt at adding save,

Re: [python-uk] Volunteers needed test/break the ALPHA Python micro:bit blocks

2017-03-06 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
Yes, the trailing slash (or lack thereof) is a known problem. To be clear, there needs to be a trailing slash in the URL! Unfortunately, it's the micro:bit foundation who are hosting this and I'm nothing to do with how they configure their redirects. Here's an alternative link (the target the ori

Re: [python-uk] Volunteers needed test/break the ALPHA Python micro:bit blocks

2017-03-06 Thread Roger Gammans
Ummm Ive just got the below browsing from my phone which is probably a special case. 404 Not Found - Code: NoSuchKey - Message: The specified key does not exist. - Key: blocksalpha/0.1.0-blocksalpha/editor.html/index.html - RequestId: 259EBCF479B53CA9 - HostId: Aol8YXqICYC/Gzegwm

[python-uk] Volunteers needed test/break the ALPHA Python micro:bit blocks

2017-03-06 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
Hi Folks, Several of us have been busy hacking together a blockly based UI for MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit (thanks Carlos). The ALPHA version can be found here and it needs people to take it for a test drive (just click on the blocks icon and you'll find something that looks like Blockly / S