Learn MicroPython - Part 1 Controlling the flow

Do you want to Learn MicroPython but don't know where to start, then this is the video for you.

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[JohnJones-oymd]

Me yesterday: I don't think I want to learn yet another programming language. Me today: OK, maybe just one more. ;)

[SteveH-TN]

Again I find myself watching another of your excellent videos. Yes I’m a subscriber and definitely click the like button on your YouTube videos.
Much appreciated

[phmiii]

I am going through your entire "LEARN MICROPYTHON" class. This is my second time through this video.

[EarnestWilliamsGeofferic]

Explaining Computers sent me! (Well, he had your channel open in one of his videos ... ) 🕶

[phmiii]

Great information! I look forward to Part 2.

[SteveH-TN]

Thanks for sharing this video and information.

[shannonjohnson]

I'm using Micropython to control Lego trains. As a beginner these tutorials are so useful!

[michaelmccloy]

Hi Kevin, I have. Spent the last month trying to find a good source of information on the Pico and how to use it, I even purchased books that were almost useless in explaining the basics of even connecting the Pico for the first time. I should explain that I am 80 year’s old and have had computers since the Apple 2. I have never mastered any language but have a small Knowledge of a few. Your videos are amazing well explained, I can’t believe that they are in my option better than Raspberry Pi itself. 🔓 Well done, I look forward to learning more in the future, Thanks.

[MrFirephly]

I'm a beginner and look forward to the rest of this series as I do all your videos, which have been very helpful so far. At 7:12 in the microphone hello world example you missed a " at the end. I'm getting used to spotting silly things like that in my own code. What gets me is a computer will stop the code working and say "expecting ...", if the pc knows it should be there then just carry on or put it in. Computers are stupid somethimes😂 turns out you did see it.

[lephtovermeet]

You're amazing. Thank you so much for this.

[jps]

That was pretty painless, I think I'll subscribe and follow the other tutorials!

[MrBobWareham]

Thanks, I have joined as I would like to learn, the video was very good

[AndersJackson]

I think that Thonny is installed on Raspberry Pi by default.

Python strength is that is fast and easy to code and test, because of the REPL. The weakness is that there are no phase where they type of variables is checked, so it will show up when you run the code, not when you load the code. Yes, that is a major drawback for finding common programming errors.

The best Editor is Emacs, which is marvelous. And it can be run from any main OS.

[laurentstrodiot]

Very nice video Kevin ! thanks for sharing your knowledge on micropython. I think this is a very useful language and very fun for making coded objects like led matrix or robots like you do ! Thanks.

[christopherlyons]

Thanks for these videos. Looks like you've done 3 parts in the learning Micro Python series. Have you considered doing more? These really cover the absolute basics and it would be really great to see s few more videos that jump into more intermediate & advanced topics. Things like interrupt handling (and +/-s vs polling), more sophisticated looping options, greater peeks into available libraries and when best to use them, differences and comparison between Micro Python and CircuitPyhon, etc.. Lots of different options for digging deeper that I think could help lots of makers. Hope you'll consider expanding this video line. Thanks.

[PapaKn]

I think you will find that anything retrieved by input is of type String. Thus, "age" is always a string in your example.

[anDromedaIOT]

@kevin, big fan and really excited about this series, i'm a dev and love the Pico and learning cool code tricks is just what i want. I hope you will cover BLDC motors at some stage as i have a hard time getting them to spark up on my Pi4's but havent tried using the Pico which has better timing i believe.
Thanks for all your effort, much appreciated.

[Unrealizedlosses]

I love the idea. But I’ve done many beginner python courses. I would love to take it to the next level especially focused on making. Like coding displays, breakouts, etc.

[Rich-can-do]

I have a esp32 vroom I think its called and I use thonny. To install it was easy, as I just used thonny and it asks you a few questions on what board you have and version and after than it installs micropython, and I didn't need to press any buttons.

[doochies]

Hi went through the part 1 all went well, excepting - const not defined error message -in the PI example, i am using Rasbery picoH