An nameless reader shares this report from Tom’s {Hardware}:
Once we take into consideration Raspberry Pi, we usually image single-board computer systems, however the Raspberry Pi Basis was began to assist youngsters find out about computer systems and it desires to assist whether or not or not you personal its {hardware}. The non-profit arm of Raspberry Pi this week launched its new, browser-based code editor that is designed for younger folks (or any folks) who’re studying.
The Raspberry Pi Code Editor, which is taken into account to be in beta, is offered to everybody free of charge proper now at editor.raspberrypi.org. The editor is at present designed to work with Python solely, however the group says that assist for different languages reminiscent of HTML, JavaScript and CSS is coming….
The Raspberry Pi Basis already had a pleasant set of Python tutorials on its website, but it surely has tailored a few of them to open pattern code instantly within the on-line editor….The Pi Basis says that it plans so as to add a lot of options to the Code Editor, together with sharing and collaboration. The group additionally plans to launch the editor as an open-source venture so anybody can modify it.
There is a pane displaying your code’s output while you click on the “Run” button (plus a smaller pane for including extra recordsdata to a venture).
Tom’s {Hardware} notes that “For the reason that complete programming expertise takes place on-line, there is not any manner (at the least proper now) to make use of Python to manage native {hardware} in your PC or your Raspberry Pi.” However on the plus facet, “In the event you create a free account on raspberrypi.org, which I did, the system will save your whole initiatives within the cloud and you’ll reload them any time you need. You too can obtain all of the recordsdata in a venture as a .zip file.”
