Working with MicroFS
MicroFS is a simple command-line tool to interact from your computer with the filesystem of Micro:bit. It works with the command line interpreter program of your computer’s operating system (MS Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS). We must download it first from https://www.python.org/downloads/ and then install it. While installing, check all the options, as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 8.5 – Installing Python, pip, and IDLE
You also need to check all the options on the next screen of the installation wizard, as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 8.6 – Advanced Options
This will install Python, pip (pip installs Python; it’s a recursive acronym, a technical pun), and Integrated Development and Learning Environment (IDLE). pip is a package manager for Python. It will also add Python and pip to the list of environment variables, enabling us to launch it directly from...
