January 6th, 2019 by Jaqster
Ringing in the New Year with a New Release! The MakeCode team is very happy and proud to announce that MakeCode Arcade has been officially released for general availability today! Continue reading this blog post
December 19th, 2019 by Pelikhan
The latest episode of our GitHub intergration - streamlining the hosting of code in GitHub inside of MakeCode! Continue reading this blog post
December 2nd, 2019 by Jaqster
If you’ve ever thought about using Minecraft for teaching and learning, but haven’t taken the plunge yet, this is a great time to try it out! Continue reading this blog post
October 17th, 2019 by pelikhan
Translate your favorite MakeCode editor... from the editor itself! Continue reading this blog post
September 25th, 2019 by pelikhan
We've made a number of improvements to our GitHub authoring support. Let's take a tour... Continue reading this blog post
September 16th, 2019 by Jaqster
Computer Science Education week is coming up in December, and Educators can start planning some fun MakeCode activities for it now. Here's a list of some quick and easy MakeCode tutorials and projects you can do for Hour of Code, or really anytime... Continue reading this blog post
September 12th, 2019 by shakao
We’re super excited to announce the first-ever MakeCode Arcade game jam! Continue reading this blog post
September 6th, 2019 by pelikhan
A number of bug fixes and a few new blocks for the LEGO editor. Continue reading this blog post
July 2nd, 2019 by Jaqster
We’re excited to announce a new Teams feature for Educators who are teaching with MakeCode. You can now create MakeCode programming assignments for your students by attaching a MakeCode project. Students can then open the MakeCode editor and complete the assignment without ever leaving Teams! Continue reading this blog post
June 15th, 2019 by Jaqster
It’s out! The 2019 MakeCode micro:bit update has been released! A BIG thanks to everyone who has been hammering on the Beta these past couple months to help us find bugs and come up with fixes. Unlike last year’s update... Continue reading this blog post
April 26th, 2019 by Tom Ball
As you know, the MakeCode team is primarily a bunch of web-heads who fell in love with microcontrollers. Since early 2016, we've been bringing web technology to the world of microcontrollers. Continue reading this blog post
April 5th, 2019 by Jaqster
Believe it or not, we are getting ready to ship the Summer 2019 release of MakeCode for the micro:bit! Thank you to everyone who helped us identify bugs and suggest new features. Continue reading this blog post
March 12th, 2019 by Jaqster
We've decided to supplement the curriculum by providing some additional Educator materials that would help new teachers learn and teach the course. We didn’t change the course at all, just added some extra materials, like... Continue reading this blog post
January 18th, 2019 by Microsoft MakeCode Team
The MakeCode team is excited to announce a completely new retro gaming experience, spanning the worlds of the web browser and the microcontroller! Continue reading this blog post
January 7th, 2019 by Jaqster
Happy New Year! And what better way to start 2019 than with a series of brand-new projects for Circuit Playground Express inspired by Cartoon Network! Continue reading this blog post
December 6th, 2018 by Jaqster
We are so excited to partner with Rob Morrill on this new curriculum for the Adafruit Circuit Playground Express... Continue reading this blog post
November 7th, 2018 by Jaqster
Another month, another release! The MakeCode team is very excited to release this update to the coding experience for Minecraft. Continue reading this blog post
October 23th, 2018 by Jaqster
With Computer Science Education week just around the corner, we’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite tutorials, guides, and projects... Continue reading this blog post
October 12th, 2018 by Jaqster
Mark your calendars and buy a cake. The new MakeCode for micro:bit editor will be released on Friday October 26th! Continue reading this blog post
August 1st, 2018 by mmoskal
You can now create and edit MakeCode packages (extensions) hosted on GitHub directly from the browser! Continue reading this blog post
July 23th, 2018 by Jaqster
The MakeCode team has been working to provide a summer update to its micro:bit editor You can preview the update at... Continue reading this blog post
June 11th, 2018 by Jaqster
The MakeCode team is heading out to the Windy City (Chicago) at the end of June, and we couldn’t be more excited. We’ve got some nice sessions lined up and would love to see you there... Continue reading this blog post
May 15th, 2018 by Jaqster
Today we are incredibly happy to announce MakeCode for MakeCode for LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3! This is the culmination of months of engineering, design and user testing work we’ve been doing with... Continue reading this blog post
March 5th, 2018
Announcing Microsoft MakeCode for Cue! Continue reading this blog post
February 27th, 2018 by Daryl Zuniga
Introducing a new (beta) editor for bread-board friendly maker boards. Continue reading this blog post
February 23rd, 2018
A servicing release for the micro:bit editor. Continue reading this blog post
January 26th, 2018 by Ryuta Hosaka
A team of Japanese from the Seattle area translated the Introduction to Computer Science course for the micro:bit... Continue reading this blog post
January 22nd, 2018 by Jaqster
Wow, hard to believe it’s 2018 already. We’re announcing some very cool stuff to kick off the new year... Continue reading this blog post
December 8th, 2017
A servicing release for the micro:bit editor.
November 14th, 2017 by riknoll
The Microsoft MakeCode Team is excited to announce the beta release of a new editor... Continue reading this blog post
November 13th, 2017 by pelikhan
We are happy to announce that the Circuit Playground Express editor is coming out of beta! Continue reading this blog post
October 18th, 2017
Today, we are happy to announce MakeCode editor designed for Minecraft for Windows 10. Continue reading this blog post
October 17th, 2017 by mmoskal
UF2 bootloader for Arduino UNO allows for driver-less flashing of the vintage board. Continue reading this blog post
October 8th, 2017 by microsoftsam
A big release for our Chibitronics editor! Continue reading this blog post
September 8th, 2017
Microsoft MakeCode adds more accessibility support... Continue reading this blog post
August 11th, 2017
Another release... Continue reading this blog post
June 20, 2017 by mmoskal
Circuit Playground Express boards can now talk to each other over IR! How was it done? Continue reading this blog post
June 13th, 2017
Migrating https://pxt.microbit.org to https://makecode.microbit.org... Continue reading this blog post
May 30th, 2017
Release notes for the micro:bit editor... Continue reading this blog post
May 19, 2017 by Jaqster
The Microsoft MakeCode team is proud to announce a great partnership with our good friends over at Adafruit Industries. Continue reading this blog post
May 2, 2017 by Jaqster
Learn to code using Microsoft MakeCode and Minecraft Education! Continue reading this blog post
April 1, 2017 by tballmsft
The Microsoft MakeCode team has worked hard to bring a beginning programming experience for the micro:bit to everyone... Continue reading this blog post
March 30, 2017
Release notes for the micro:bit editor... Continue reading this blog post
March 30, 2017 by tballmsft
Overview of the main features of the Microsoft MakeCode web app... Continue reading this blog post
March 29, 2017 by mmoskal
MakeCode team introduces driver-less flashing of boards without an interface chip using file format dubbed UF2... Continue reading this blog post
March 29, 2017
Welcome to the official release and developer blog of Microsoft MakeCode, also known as PXT... Continue reading this blog post