[python-uk] Open Sourcing MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit

2015-10-20 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
Hi Folks, Some great news. We've finally been given permission to open-source our work on the BBC micro:bit (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/microbit) and be a bit more vocal and public about what we're doing. Damien's announcement can be found here: http://forum.micropython.org/vie

Re: [python-uk] Open Sourcing MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit

2015-10-20 Thread Cory Benfield (Lukasa)
Dear all, Please don’t click on Nick’s link directly and up vote from there: Hacker News will see that as vote spamming and will remove the link. Instead, please go to the ‘New’ page of Hacker News and vote it up from there. Cory > On 20 Oct 2015, at 08:50, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > > Hi

Re: [python-uk] Open Sourcing MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit

2015-10-20 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
Aha... I didn't realise. What Cory said... :-) N. On 20/10/15 08:53, Cory Benfield (Lukasa) wrote: > Dear all, > > Please don’t click on Nick’s link directly and up vote from there: Hacker > News will see that as vote spamming and will remove the link. Instead, please > go to the ‘New’ page o

Re: [python-uk] [pyconuk] Open Sourcing MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit

2015-10-20 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
Here's the Slashdot submission to upvote (please): http://slashdot.org/submission/5120051/micropython-on-the-bbc-microbit We've made the HN front page! Yay! :-) N. On 20/10/15 08:53, Cory Benfield (Lukasa) wrote: > Dear all, > > Please don’t click on Nick’s link directly and up vote from ther

Re: [python-uk] Open Sourcing MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit

2015-10-20 Thread Jurgis Pralgauskis
Hi, an alternative to TouchDevelop could be Blockly , as it currently has translation to Python, example https://blockly-demo.appspot.com/static/demos/code/index.html#982hb3 (it has various adaptations, for example - turtle graphics https://trinket.io/block

Re: [python-uk] Open Sourcing MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit

2015-10-20 Thread Michael
Hi, On 20 October 2015 at 11:11, Jurgis Pralgauskis < jurgis.pralgaus...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > an alternative to TouchDevelop could be Blockly > , as it currently has translation > to Python, > example > https://blockly-demo.appspot.com/static/demos/