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Tuesday Tooling: ray.so

Tuesday Tooling: ray.so

Need to include a code snippet in a document or poster? Want it to look nice? You might want to try this.

From Faker to Maker - My journey in learning to code

From Faker to Maker - My journey in learning to code

My experiences learning to code and helping others to code...

BBC micro:bit - Gesture controlled blinking lights

BBC micro:bit - Gesture controlled blinking lights

I've been tinkering with the new BBC micro:bit computer, especially the Micro Python editor Mu. I love how flexible the board is, especially for getting down to hacking in very little time. To test out the micro:bit I thought that I would write a simple script

Trinket - Hacking Python in the browser

Hacking Python in the browser! At a recent Code Club regional meeting I learnt of a very handy way of writing Python in the browser. Trinket.io is a browser based Python editor that enables educators to quickly get started with Python. It includes a number of Just like Python

CodeBug - First steps

I love the CodeBug, it is so accessible to children but yet it provides a platform for more advanced hacking. I was lucky to receive my CodeBug in person from Andrew Robinson and so I've been hacking on and off for a few days. The "Hello World&

Coding Your School Play - In Scratch 2 and Sonic Pi

Scratch is a great introduction to computing. It uses a simple interface based on attaching blocks together to form a sequence. Scratch can be used on all manner of projects, from simple games all the way to interfacing with hardware components such as Raspberry Pi and Arduino One project that