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The radio blocks in MakeCode let you send instructions from one micro:bit to another. But what if you have multiple micro:bits transmiting and receiving da...

PROBLEM My Forever loop starts before the OnStart has finished I get runtime error 40 or 42, (NULL reference) CAUSE Under the covers, the micro...

Using the WebUSB feature available in makecode.microbit.org and using a Chrome-based browser like Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, we are able to display li...

In addition to publishing your own tutorials that guide users through a basic version of the editor, you can also create sidebar documentation by editing th...

Overview The MakeCode editor allows users to publish their own extensions and tutorials that can then be used in the editor. This is useful for publishing ...

Press Button A to fill the LED screen in a random pattern

To be able to turn a NeoPixel LED on or off, you must first initialise the NeoPixel class. This means that you are telling MakeCode that a number of Neopixl...

Overview If you want to take snapshots of your code in MakeCode, you can do so easily. Snapshot You can save a .png file with an image of all the bloc...

The Python in the MakeCode editor is different to the MicroPython in the micro:bit Python Editor. Although both editors appear like Python 3 they actually a...

Overview Sometimes you may want to copy Blocks from one MakeCode project to another. Switching the Blocks view to JavaScript lets you copy and paste cod...