Getting Started Guide

3/7/2018 Getting Started with the micro:bit - learn.sparkfun.com
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If you are on a Chromebook, when you plug your micro:bit in you will be greeted with a dialog box to open the drive.
Feel free to do so to make sure it works!
Let’s get programming!
Using MakeCode
This guide and most of SparkFun’s content around the micro:bit will use MakeCode by Microsoft for programming.
What Is MakeCode?
MakeCode is an open programming environment built by Microsoft for the micro:bit, as well as other boards. You can
navigate to MakeCode for the micro:bit by following this link:
LAUNCH MAKECODE!
Once you have launched MakeCode, you will be greeted by its basic layout with a simulator on the left and a block-
based environment on the right when your browser’s window is maximized, as shown here.