[Microbit-Python] Microbit Python Programs for a website

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Andrew,

I can get you a device. Please email me at ntoll at ntoll.org to sort out
the details.

N.

On 09/03/16 21:43, Andrew Ferguson wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
> 
> Getting a Microbit would be nice, but I know that to people outside the
> BBC's "circle" they're rarer than hens teeth at the moment.
> 
> In my experience, (I run a programming club at my school, as well as an
> electronics programming club - currently using Arduino but that could
> change...) the best example programs are ones that demonstrate a new
> feature / capability but can be easily adapted, expanded and integrated
> with ideas and concepts already learned with little or no guidance. The
> pupils can take what they have learned and apply it in a way that
> interests them.
> 
> I'll have a brainstorm later and think up a few suitable programs.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> On 9 March 2016 at 21:30, Jez Dean <jez at geekteacher.co.uk
> <mailto:jez at geekteacher.co.uk>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Andrew,
>      
>     Bundling programs in one pull request is fine (the more the
>     merrier!). Have a look at the developers page [1] if you want to
>     document it. It's dead easy; you basically just edit an .md file. I
>     can do the images.
>      
>     On not having a microbit: I wish I had one to send you! I hope
>     there's someone reading this who appreciates the need of a student
>     to have a microbit before they're released so he can write code for
>     other students. Everyone is very nice here!
>      
>     On the website: I'm not sure whether a microbit will be simulated.
>     We'll have to wait and see what amazing tricks they have in store
>     for us! Anyway, hopefully someone kind, generous and thoroughly
>     charming is reading this and you won't need a simulated microbit.
>      
>     I'd also love your input on some programs for the site. I'll contact
>     you off list.
>      
>     Yours, Jeremy,
>      
>     [1] https://microbit-playground.co.uk/developers/
>      
>      
>      
>      
>      
>      
>     10.03.2016, 03:58, "Andrew Ferguson" <andrewferguson500 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:andrewferguson500 at gmail.com>>:
>>     Hi Jez,
>>      
>>     A few more queries:
>>     * Do you want one pull request per program submission, or is one
>>     pull request with multiple programs OK?
>>     * Do the programs need to be tested? (A silly question I know, but
>>     as I'm a student rather than a teacher, I don't yet have access to
>>     a Microbit. I can borrow my teacher's Microbit if need be, but
>>     would you be able to test code - I'll clearly mark them as needing
>>     testing in the pull request)
>>      
>>     Or perhaps with the arrival of python on microbit.co.uk
>>     <http://microbit.co.uk/> tomorrow, I'll be able to run scripts
>>     there without the need for a device?
>>      
>>     Andrew
>>
>>     On 9 March 2016 at 20:33, Carles Pina i Estany <carles at pina.cat
>>     <mailto:carles at pina.cat>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>         Hi Jez,
>>
>>         A few things here:
>>         https://github.com/cpina/macaroni
>>
>>         you can see explanations from:
>>         https://microworldtour.github.io/microbit/macaroni.html
>>
>>         :-)
>>
>>         On Mar/09/2016, Jez Dean wrote:
>>         >    Dear All,
>>         >    *
>>         >    I've started a website collecting together examples of python code for the
>>         >    microbit. I've collected quite a few programs but I
>>         wondered if anyone had
>>         >    any more? Simple programs are best because it gives kids
>>         a nice
>>         >    introduction to programming!
>>         >    *
>>         >    If you have any, send email them through or point me in the right
>>         >    direction.
>>         >    *
>>         >    The website is all open source and you could contribute through github.[2]
>>         >    There's a template a template to submit an explanation
>>         along with the code
>>         >    if you're feeling brave! [3]
>>         >    *
>>         >    Yours, Jeremy.*
>>         >    *
>>         >    1. https://microbit-playground.co.uk/
>>         >   
>>         2.*https://github.com/microbit-playground/microbit-playground.github.io
>>         >    3.*https://microbit-playground.co.uk/developers/
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