You can program the micro:bit using any of the following

For Electronic Things we will be primarily using the Arduino IDE (i.e. C++) to program, For your own project, feel free to use whichever environment seems the most intuitive.

Setting up Arduino IDE for micro:bit

There is a fairly comprehensive guide to setting up the micro:bit for use with the Arduino IDE at Adafruit’s Website.

Follow the instructions for blinking an LED. should you have any problems, get in touch sooner rather than later.

Hello World

To print out Hello World with Blocks, all you need to do is:

basic.showString("Hello World");